Jason Jones wrote:
on 11/19/99 4:49 AM, Jim Fulton at jim@digicool.com wrote:
Jason Jones wrote:
According to the Zope fastcgi package, it sounds like Zope will only run under a mod_fastcgi snapshot later than 2.2.2. Is this correct?
It should be easier with 2.2.2. It should work with earlier versions, but you'll have to use mod_rewrite to pass authentication data or let apache do authentication.
Thanks for the info. The ZAG documentation, specifically the line:
"The latest stable version of mod_fastcgi at the time of this writing is 2.2.2. You'll need to either grab one of the latest snapshots or a newer version (if one exists)..."
reads as if 2.2.2 won't work and a later version is required. It's good to know this is just an awkward paragraph and not true.
The ZAG instructions might not work. I assume that they tell you about an option to pass the authentication header. This is the change that was made (for Zope) in 2.2.2.
I want to run Zope through fastcgi under apache on my ISP, but I doubt I can convince them to install an unstable snapshot. I've tried pcgi but it's very slow. Is there any work being done on a mod_zope or some other connection method that ISP's would willing run?
Do you think that some new mod_zope would be more stable that mod_fastcgi 2.2.2?
Nope, see above - I thought you were requiring an unstable post-2.2.2 mod_fastcgi....
I will note however that a mod_zope couldn't hurt ISP adoption. I've been calling tons of them and most don't seem willing to deal with anything that isn't standard cgi or compiled into apache, and strangely enough most of them won't do mod_fastcgi either.
Why? Why would they do mod_zope and not mod_fastcgi? BTW, I assume that you are aware of the commercial FastCGI support at www.fastcgi.org.
What Zope could really use is a simple setup like mod_php and a good PR push behind it so that ISP's will take it up. A start might be mod_python or something like that. If I recall correctly, one of the modules for embedding python already has some glue code for Zope (from the 1.10 release).
If I was an ISP, I'd be wildly more receptive to mod_fastcgi (or mod_pcgi, if it existed) than a module that embedded a perl or python interpreter in the web server. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Technical Director (888) 344-4332 Python Powered! Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.python.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.