Setting up FastCGI for RoR under Apache 1.3.34

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All,

I have all of the components that I need to install RoR under FCGI for
Apache 1.3.34. I have:

mod_fcgi 2.4.2
fcgi 2.4.0 (developer’s kit)
ruby-fcgi-0.8.6

I am comfortable up to the point of installing mod_fcgi, however, I
don’t understand how fcgi and ruby-fcgi will be used by mod_fcgi.

How does mod_fcgi connect to fcgi and ruby-fcgi. I assume that there
are environment variables that I have to set (or PATH modifications,
etc.).

If there is a HOWTO on this, please point me to it.

Thanks,
Wes

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Based on what I’ve read so far, here are my educated(? :]) guesses:

  1. Obviously, mod_fcgi is what allows Apache to forward requests to the
    FCGI dispatcher.

  2. ruby-fcgi relies on the FCGI developer’s kit (fcgi) to work

  3. mod_fcgi points to the dispatch.fcgi provided by ruby-fcgi

Will mod_fcgi redirect all requests to the FCGI module?

Wes G. wrote:

All,

I have all of the components that I need to install RoR under FCGI for
Apache 1.3.34. I have:

mod_fcgi 2.4.2
fcgi 2.4.0 (developer’s kit)
ruby-fcgi-0.8.6

I am comfortable up to the point of installing mod_fcgi, however, I
don’t understand how fcgi and ruby-fcgi will be used by mod_fcgi.

How does mod_fcgi connect to fcgi and ruby-fcgi. I assume that there
are environment variables that I have to set (or PATH modifications,
etc.).

If there is a HOWTO on this, please point me to it.

Thanks,
Wes