Adios FastCGI

FastCGI is difficult to install/manage. Really it is :(

• Problem: DHH loves FastCGI. There is so many FastCGI-centric stuff in Rails:
  1. script/process/*
  2. the default lighttpd.conf, generated by script/server
• Solution: Zed Shaw

First Zed gave as SCGI_Rails - pure ruby, working on *nix (Linux, BSD, OS X) and Windows. Today I found also another way to skip fastcgi pain with Zed's stuff - Mongrel:

• Using Lighttpd with Mongrel - have interesting tips for using mod_cml (Lua) for cache management
• Playing with Lighttpd, Litespeed, FCGI and Mongrel - some Lighttpd+Mongrel combi benchmarks

And by the way I wrote some notes about the Second Osaka Rails Meeting (Using runit) on the wiki. FastCGI, SCGI, Mongrel notes included.