fastcgi or static mod_perl with Redhat Enterprise 4's apache?

[Dan Stromberg <st...@dcs.nac.uci.edu>]

Hi folks.

I'm working on setting up Request Tracker on a Redhat Enterprise 4
system.  My management likes to use the Redhat-provided precompiled
binaries whenever practical.

Request tracker wants to use either fastcgi or a -static- mod_perl (RT's
supposed to be pretty unreliable with a dynamic mod_perl, and anyway,
the dynamic one is downrev relative to what RT wants), and the Redhat
apache appears to include neither of them.

Am I stuck building my own apache with fastcgi and/or static mod_perl,
or is there a way of tacking one of these onto the preexisting
Redhat-built apache?

Thanks!

fastcgi and mod_perl

[Maurice Yarrow <ya...@best.com>]

Hello mod_perl community

I have built apache httpd 2.2.2 with fastcgi.
This deployment also has mod_perl with
Apache::ASP.

Note that the fascgi was really intended to
persist the mod_php which is also on this apache.

Question: will the fastcgi automatically also
persist the mod_perl ?
Did I have to build the mod_perl with a
particular config option in order to obtain
this behavior ?

Maurice Yarrow

Re: fastcgi or static mod_perl with Redhat Enterprise 4's apache?

[Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>]

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:33:25 -0700
Dan Stromberg <st...@dcs.nac.uci.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks.
> 
> I'm working on setting up Request Tracker on a Redhat Enterprise 4
> system.  My management likes to use the Redhat-provided precompiled
> binaries whenever practical.
> 
> Request tracker wants to use either fastcgi or a -static- mod_perl
> (RT's supposed to be pretty unreliable with a dynamic mod_perl, and
> anyway, the dynamic one is downrev relative to what RT wants), and
> the Redhat apache appears to include neither of them.
> 
> Am I stuck building my own apache with fastcgi and/or static mod_perl,
> or is there a way of tacking one of these onto the preexisting
> Redhat-built apache?

   While I agree it is usually best to keep with what RedHat provides
   you whenever possible, this I'm afraid isn't one of those
   situations.

   You're going to need to compile from source or if you prefer
   rebuilding the RedHat SRPMs with the options you need. 

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   Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>
   http://www.wiles.org
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