FastCGI for Lighttpd

The Lighttpd web server supports the FastCGI protocol natively.

Note:

Assume the Genero Application Server is installed in the following directory (FGLASDIR): /opt/gas. Make the appropriate substitution for the FGLASDIR when applying these examples to your own configuration.

For more information, go to the ModFastCGI documentation provided by Apache.

ModFastCGI configuration to manage GAS

Add these lines to your Lighttpd configuration file:

server.modules   += ( "mod_fastcgi" )
fastcgi.server = (
    "/gas" =>
    (( 
        "host" => "127.0.0.1",
        "port" => <gas-server-port>,
        "check-local" => "disable",
        "bin-path" => "/opt/gas/bin/wrapper.fcgi",
        "bin-environment" => (
            "FGLASDIR" => "/opt/gas"
        ),
        "max-procs" => 1
    ))
)

Important: Avoiding timeout issues

The "server.max-write-idle" global parameter must be higher than both the REQUEST_RESULT and DVM_AVAILABLE GAS configurations.

Default values:

REQUEST_RESULT: 45s
DVM_AVAILABLE: 10s

With these default values, this may not be an issue, but if you increase either value, adjust the server.max-write-idle timeout accordingly.