[Catalyst] Multiple FastCGI app servers with Apache2

[Adeola Awoyemi]

Tobias Kremer wrote:
> Does anyone know if it's possible to distribute requests to multiple external
> FastCGI servers with Apache2 + mod_fastcgi similar to the round-robin
> load-balancing approach lighttpd provides? I have this large legacy app running
> on mod_perl behind an apache2 reverse proxy where I'd like to plug in my new
> Catalyst app via FastCGI which eventually should run on more than one physical
> app server. If possible I'd like to stick with Apache2 as the reverse proxy for
> now ...

This is possible (as I have done the same) by adding multiple instances of:

FastCgiExternalServer /path/to/MyApp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl -host 
127.0.0.1:55901

to the apache2 config file. Also make sure you use different ports or 
sockets.

Adeola.


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