Re: FastCGI vs local server with reverse proxy

[Christof Meerwald <cmeerw%cmeerw.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 02:05:36PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 07:27:51AM +0000, Sad Clouds wrote:
> > If you want to profile this library I would say start with getting
> > traces for HTTP protocol on the wire and look at the dynamics of it.
> 
> Yes, that should be the way. But lighttpd+FastCGI is working fast enough
> and I might not find motivation to look into profiling the library.
> 
> BTW using FastCGI requires me to restart lighttpd every time I change the
> binary, which is a pain during dev. Does www/spawn-fcgi make things easy?
> (Haven't yet looked into what it does.)

I usually let lighttpd connect to a Unix domain socket and start my
FastCGI program separately (as its own user). You just need to be
careful with file permissions.


Christof

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