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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>What do we need to do to get Mapserver running in a production configuration?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are packages out there to help new users get mapserver up and running in a development/playing-around-in mode, ms4w, etc. But these are designed for ease of installation, not performance on a production server.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a set of shapefiles, and some mapfiles I’ve built to display them. I have them running on a dev machine, just fine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So what do I need to do to go into production.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a dedicated Ubuntu 10.04 box, that will be doing nothing but serving maps through WMS requests, using Mapserver. It currently has both Apache and MapServer installed, using the current apt-get packages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Should I be using Apache? Or should I use Lighttpd?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Standard CGI? FastCGI? Some other alternative? (WSGI?)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does Mapserver install on Ubuntu by default to use FastCGI? How can I tell whether MapServer is running under FastCGI? How do I configure it to do so, if it’s not already?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>