On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Pongrácz István
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just plan to build a new system and prefer to use nginx instead of
> apache.
>
> I am wondering, what experiences do you have with nginx + fcgi vs. apache?
>
I haven't use nginx yet, but I do use Apache/CGI and FCGI. I have found
the following things:
1. LedgerSMB is *much* faster on FCGI, but it takes a lot more knowledge
and patience to set up and get working.
2. Error reporting is a lot simpler and more reliable on CGI. If the
handler dies, you often wont get a report of an error logged.
3. There are additional gotchas for running over FSGI security-wise,
particularly if you use an external server. It is all too easy to end up
with things running as root, which is not really recommended.
4. Because not all code is cached, it is really easy, when working with
FCGI to wonder why a code change hasn't taken effect, when one needs to
reload the handler.
My recommendation is to use FCGI for performance if you are planning on
using it and having a separate alias set up for CGI access if you ever need
it.
> I am a little bit confused with plack-fcgi and plack-starlet: which one to
> choose? (There are rellevant directories under addons)
>
plack-fcgi has been superceded by tools/app.psgi. I would use that one.
It can be used for a generic, external FCGI server. Such a server should
be able to be run from any web server that supports our basic requirements
including forwarding of the AUTHORIZATION header.
The plack-starlet addon is a bit dated and might have some issues. Starlet
is a pure perl fast forking HTTP server. It would be used in extremely
light-weight installs.
Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
> Bye,
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> István
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