Hi there!

httpdd FastCGI interface can connect seamlessly to a local TCP port,
but this is not documented on the man page.

Went to the source and found the syntax to be a little awkward (maybe
a quick fix?). Anyway, allowed me running flask/flup/bottle pretty
straightforward.

Regards!

Index: usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.conf.5
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.101 httpd.conf.5
--- usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.conf.5 20 Jun 2018 16:43:05 -0000      1.101
+++ usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.conf.5 2 Feb 2019 11:03:48 -0000
@@ -278,12 +278,16 @@ will neither display nor generate a dire
 Enable FastCGI instead of serving files.
 The
 .Ar socket
-is a local path name within the
+can be a local path name within the
 .Xr chroot 2
 root directory of
 .Xr httpd 8
-and defaults to
-.Pa /run/slowcgi.sock .
+(defaults to
+.Pa /run/slowcgi.sock
+). Starting with colon,
+.Ar socket
+can specify a port number that will connect to INADDR_LOOPBACK
+address.
 .Pp
 The FastCGI handler will be given the following variables:
 .Pp

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