# Apache SCGI on Windows XP successful

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 23, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833 "2005-11-23T21:17:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833/1 "2005-11-23T21:17:17Z")

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Hello All,

Thanks to Curt, Zed, and Jin

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833/2 "2005-11-23T21:25:19Z")

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Just out of curiosity, can IIS speak SCGI, even with a 3rd party lib?  
[Relatively] simple and reliable Rails on IIS might be attractive to  
people who want to try Rails on Windows without fcgi + apache + cygwin.

On Nov 23, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Peter F. wrote:

> Hello All,
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> Thanks to Curt, Zed, and Jin
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> Peter F.
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833/3 "2005-11-23T23:02:14Z")

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Right I’ve seen that before, but I just can’t feel comfortable with  
that fcgi + IIS configuration - would be nice to have something  
simpler, like starting an scgi runner and letting it speak to IIS via  
scgi. Would be interested if anyone figured it out 🙂

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833/4 "2005-11-23T21:33:25Z")

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Maybe, but I have no idea how. The FastCGI binding has something to do  
with  
file extensions?

See Ruby For IIS  
Instructions[http://rubyforiis.sosukodo.org/rubyforiis/documentation/installationinstructionsforversion01](http://rubyforiis.sosukodo.org/rubyforiis/documentation/installationinstructionsforversion01)

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-scgi-on-windows-xp-successful/100833/5 "2005-11-25T19:28:49Z")

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I have been trying, without success, to get IIS + scgi to work. I  
thought it  
would as simple as replacing fcgi with scgi and including everything  
else  
the same with the rewrite filters. It’s been on the backburner this week  
but  
I’ll pick up where I left off next week and if I get any results, I’ll  
let  
everyone know.

- Jin