On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:42:51PM +0100, Will Hawes wrote: > I've set up a Catalyst app with Apache2 and FastCGI using the config > described under "Standalone server mode" at > http://search.cpan.org/~jrockway/Catalyst-Manual-5.701002/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod#Standalone_server_mode. > Everything works fine when the FastCGI server is running via the helper > script and I can use the app without problems. > > The docs state that when the backend FastCGI server is down, Apache will > return a 502 error. The suggestion is to use an ErrorDocument directive to > display a "down for maintenance" page when this is the case. However, Apache > is actually returning a 500 error, not a 502. Apache's error log contains > only the following:
This may be a stupid suggestion. But wouldn't it be more useful to just trap 500s for a general "sorry" page and have a static page httpd.conf you can use during maint? It's not like your fcgi server should ever really be down except when you're fucking with the backend DB or whatever -- Matt S Trout Need help with your Catalyst or DBIx::Class project? Technical Director Want a managed development or deployment platform? Shadowcat Systems Ltd. Contact mst (at) shadowcatsystems.co.uk for a quote http://chainsawblues.vox.com/ http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/