Hi Graham, Thanks for the reply. No, I'm not stuck using Lighttpd at all - I just like it because it's simple and fast. :)
Here's a link to a description of what I'd like to see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/314515 The situation is this: I'm creating a web-site with a bunch of accounts - each account having its own database. I want people to go to the site (i.e. www.example.com/) and when they log in the application gets all its requests/responses from their account's database. For the moment, all accounts will be using the same Django applications, though that is subject to change so I'd prefer not to rely on a solution that precludes that possibility. I suspect (but am happy to be corrected...) that the easiest and safest way to do this is to have a Django instance running in FastCGI mode with a socket for each account. When a user is logged in, their requests/responses are mapped to/from the proper Django socket via the multiplexing solution I've suggested in my original post. As mentioned, accounts may crop up and disappear, and shouldn't require restarting the web-server. There could be dozens of accounts (which means lots of Django instances). Is there any more information that would be helpful? Cheers & thank you, Brian On Nov 26, 10:32 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2:06 pm, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > Here's a questions I just posted on stackoverflow.com (because I like > > that forum's layout) - but I thought posting it here might lead to > > more / better coverage. See:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/322694/ > > > Multiple installs of Django - How to configure transparent multiplex > > through the webserver (Lighttpd)? > > Are you stuck with using Lighttpd? > > Can you explain the background of the situation you have that requires > such a setup? May help in working out what to suggest. > > Graham > > > Hi Everyone, > > > This question flows from the answer to: How does one set up multiple > > accounts with separate databases for Django on one server? (http:// > > stackoverflow.com/questions/314515) > > > I haven't seen anything like this on Google or elsewhere (perhaps I > > have the wrong vocabulary), so I think input could be a valuable > > addition to the internet discourse. > > > How could one configure a server likeso: > > > * One installation of Lighttpd > > * Multiple Django projects running as FastCGI > > * The Django projects may be added/removed at will, and ought not to > > require restarting the webserver > > * Transparent redirection of all requests/responses to a particular > > Django installation depending on the current user > > > I.e. Given Django projects (with corresponding FastCGI socket): > > > * Bob (/tmp/bob.fcgi) > > * Sue (/tmp/sue.fcgi) > > * Joe (/tmp/joe.fcgi) > > > The Django projects being started with a (oversimplified) script > > likeso: > > > #!/bin/sh > > NAME=bob > > > SOCKET=/tmp/$NAME.fcgi > > > PROTO=fcgi > > DAEMON=true > > > /django_projects/$NAME/manage.py runfcgi protocol=$PROTO socket= > > $SOCKET > > daemonize=$DAEMON > > # ---- end > > > I want traffic tohttp://www.example.com/todirect the request to the > > correct Django application depending on the user that is logged in. > > > In other words,http://www.example.comshouldcome "be" /tmp/bob.fcgi > > if bob is logged in, /tmp/joe.fcgi if joe is logged in, /tmp/sue.fcgi > > if sue is logged in. If no-one is logged in, it should redirect to a > > login page. > > > I've contemplated a demultiplexing "plexer" FastCGI script with the > > following algorithm: > > > 1. If the cookie $PLEX is set, pipe request to /tmp/$PLEX.fcgi > > > 2. Otherwise redirect to login page (which sets the cookie PLEX based > > on a many-to-one mapping of Username => PLEX) > > > Of course as a matter of security $PLEX should be taint checked, and > > $PLEX shouldn't give rise to any presumption of trust. > > > A Lighttpd configuration would be likeso (though Apache, Nginx, etc. > > could be used just as easily): > > > fastcgi.server = ( "plexer.fcgi" => > > ( "localhost" => > > ( > > "socket" => "/tmp/plexer.fcgi", > > "check-local" => "disable" > > ) > > ) > > ) > > # ---- end > > > Input and thoughts, helpful links, and to know how to properly > > implement the FastCGI plexer would all be appreciated. > > > Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
