# More fcgi problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065 "2006-05-19T19:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/1 "2006-05-19T19:44:21Z")
Finally got fcgi installed with apache. Now whe I click on “About your application’s environment” on the Rails Welcome page, it simply prints out the dispatch.fcgi script as shown below. I would appreciate any help I can get on this. I can provide other infomation if necessary. #!/usr/local/bin/ruby # # You may specify the path to the FastCGI crash log (a log of unhandled # exceptions which forced the FastCGI instance to exit, great for debugging) # and the number of requests to process before running garbage collection. # # By default, the FastCGI crash log is RAILS\_ROOT/log/fastcgi.crash.log # and the GC period is nil (turned off). A reasonable number of requests # could range from 10-100 depending on the memory footprint of your app. # # Example: # # Default log path, normal GC behavior. # RailsFCGIHandler.process! # # # Default log path, 50 requests between GC. # RailsFCGIHandler.process! nil, 50 # # # Custom log path, normal GC behavior. # RailsFCGIHandler.process! ‘/var/log/myapp\_fcgi\_crash.log’ # require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + “/…/config/environment” require ‘fcgi\_handler’ RailsFCGIHandler.process! ---
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/2 "2006-05-19T20:55:47Z")
1. Ensure FastCGIServer is set up in your httpd.conf file to point to your dispatch.fcgi file 2. Ensure that FastCGI module is loaded 3. Ensure that dispatch.fcgi has execuite privileges enabled for your web user 4. Ensure that your .htaccess file is directing requests to dispatch.fcgi ---
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/3 "2006-05-19T21:08:11Z")
Does you see anything wrong with any of this? 1. FastCgiIpcDir /tmp/fcgi\_ipc FastCgiServer /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/test/public/dispatch.fcgi \ -initial-env RAILS\_ENV=development \ -idle-timeout 60 1. ll /usr/local/apache2/modules total 272 -rw-r–r-- 1 zwilliam users 8904 May 19 09:52 httpd.exp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179916 May 19 09:59 mod\_fastcgi.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 74577 May 19 10:25 mod\_fcgid.so 1. ll /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/test/public/dispatch.fcgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 zwilliam apache 901 May 19 11:21 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/test/public/dispatch.fcgi 1. # General Apache options AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI # If you don’t want Rails to look in certain directories, # use the following rewrite rules so that Apache won’t rewrite certain requests # # Example: # RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_URI} ^/notrails.\* # RewriteRule .\* - [L] # Redirect all requests not available on the filesystem to Rails # By default the cgi dispatcher is used which is very slow # # For better performance replace the dispatcher with the fastcgi one # # Example: # RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] RewriteEngine On # If your Rails application is accessed via an Alias directive, # then you MUST also set the RewriteBase in this htaccess file. # # Example: # Alias /myrailsapp /path/to/myrailsapp/public # RewriteBase /myrailsapp RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA] RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] # In case Rails experiences terminal errors # Instead of displaying this message you can supply a file here which will be rendered instead # # Example: # ErrorDocument 500 /500.html ErrorDocument 500 “ ## Application error Rails application failed to start properly” Brian H. wrote: > 1. Ensure FastCGIServer is set up in your httpd.conf file to point to > your dispatch.fcgi file > 2. Ensure that FastCGI module is loaded > 3. Ensure that dispatch.fcgi has execuite privileges enabled for your > web user > 4. Ensure that your .htaccess file is directing requests to > dispatch.fcgi ---
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/4 "2006-05-19T22:24:41Z")
I am not sure what the shebang line is. Could you elaborate? Here is my dispatch.fcgi file: #!/usr/local/bin/ruby require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + “/…/config/environment” require ‘fcgi\_handler’ RailsFCGIHandler.process! Steve L. wrote: > Is the shebang line in your dispatch.fcgi file set correctly? ---
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/5 "2006-05-21T17:52:56Z")
One thing I see wrong is that you’re using FastCGI in Development mode which is a no-no because it causes memory leaks. Apache + FCGI is for production. Use Mongrel or WEBrick for development mode. Shebang line is the first line of the ruby script that starts with #! At your command prompt, type ‘which ruby’ and make sure that line 1 of dispatch.fcgi is the same as the output you get from ‘which ruby’ ---
**Author:** ![princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@princenamor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/princenamor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/more-fcgi-problems/61065/6 "2006-05-19T22:19:36Z")
Is the shebang line in your dispatch.fcgi file set correctly?