On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Barry Scott <barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk>wrote:
> Jeff Trawick wrote: > >> (instead of based on uri or vhost) >> >> FCGIDCommand /path/to/command >> IdleTimeout n >> MaxProcessLifetime n >> MinProcesses n >> MaxProcesses n >> MaxRequestsPerProcess n >> InitialEnv var[=val] ... >> <class> >> >> (the names of these options follow my proposal for the names of existing >> directives ;) ) >> >> When a command is to be started by mod_fcgid, any options specified for >> the command on this directive override those defined for the uri, vhost, >> global, or the defaults. When a wrapper is used, it is that wrapper which >> must be specified on this directive. This directive is not required unless >> one or more options must be customized for a command. >> >> Initially this would be allowed only in global sections. >> InitialEnv can be repeated. >> >> Regarding *class*: Something is needed to disable or alter existing >> management of applications based on their class. Currently a class is >> limited to the processes started by the same command within the same vhost >> (except when ServerName isn't specified) with the same identity. >> >> One possibility is to provide an option to ignore the vhost name when >> managing the class (IgnoreVHost or ClassIsGlobal). Another possibility is >> to set the name of the class to be used in lieu of the virtual host >> (ClassName foo), which could be used to the same effect but might be more >> useful in the future when the process manager can see per-server configs >> (for existing directives as well as FCGIDCommand). >> >> None of this would affect the identity checks. (Processes with different >> uid/gid would never be considered to be in the same class.) >> >> This seems to offer all the features of mod_fastcgi process configuration > and then go usefully beyond what mod_fastcgi does. > Thanks for looking. Does anyone else care to comment? > > Is it possible to also ask for the fcgi process to be started before any > request arrive? > Sure. I guess there could be some "InitialProcesses n" option on this directive. (If this appears to be forgotten, open a bug at https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/ and set the severity to "enhancement." Product = Apache httpd-2, component = mod_fcgid.) BTW, do you need to pre-spawn just on general principle (don't want any initial delay), or is the on-demand spawning not aggressive enough, such that it takes too long to create an adequate number of application processes?