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[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / lib / Catalyst / Engine / FastCGI.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
index 8cdae78..7d54beb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Catalyst::Engine::FastCGI;
 use strict;
 use base 'Catalyst::Engine::CGI';
 eval "use FCGI";
-die "Please install FCGI\n" if $@;
+die "Unable to load the FCGI module, you may need to install it:\n$@\n" if $@;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sub run {
     my %env;
     my $error = \*STDERR; # send STDERR to the web server
        $error = \*STDOUT  # send STDERR to stdout (a logfile)
-        if $options->{keep_stderr}; # (if asked to)
+         if $options->{keep_stderr}; # (if asked to)
     
     my $request =
       FCGI::Request( \*STDIN, \*STDOUT, $error, \%env, $sock,
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ sub write {
         $self->prepare_write($c);
         $self->{_prepared_write} = 1;
     }
+    
+    # XXX: We can't use Engine's write() method because syswrite
+    # appears to return bogus values instead of the number of bytes
+    # written: http://www.fastcgi.com/om_archive/mail-archive/0128.html
+    
+    # Prepend the headers if they have not yet been sent
+    if ( my $headers = delete $self->{_header_buf} ) {
+        $buffer = $headers . $buffer;
+    }
 
     # FastCGI does not stream data properly if using 'print $handle',
     # but a syswrite appears to work properly.
@@ -237,18 +246,22 @@ static, and dynamic.
 
 =head3 Standalone server mode
 
-    FastCgiExternalServer /tmp/myapp -socket /tmp/myapp.socket
-    Alias /myapp/ /tmp/myapp/
+    FastCgiExternalServer /tmp/myapp.fcgi -socket /tmp/myapp.socket
+    Alias /myapp/ /tmp/myapp/myapp.fcgi/
     
     # Or, run at the root
-    Alias / /tmp/myapp/
+    Alias / /tmp/myapp.fcgi/
     
     # Optionally, rewrite the path when accessed without a trailing slash
     RewriteRule ^/myapp$ myapp/ [R]
     
-The FastCgiExternalServer directive tells Apache that when serving /tmp/myapp
-to use the FastCGI application listenting on the socket /tmp/mapp.socket. 
-Note that /tmp/myapp does not need to exist -- it's a virtual file name.
+
+The FastCgiExternalServer directive tells Apache that when serving
+/tmp/myapp to use the FastCGI application listenting on the socket
+/tmp/mapp.socket.  Note that /tmp/myapp.fcgi does not need to exist --
+it's a virtual file name.  With some versions of C<mod_fastcgi> or
+C<mod_fcgid>, you can use any name you like, but most require that the
+virtual filename end in C<.fcgi>.
 
 It's likely that Apache is not configured to serve files in /tmp, so the 
 Alias directive maps the url path /myapp/ to the (virtual) file that runs the
@@ -311,6 +324,16 @@ application.
 For more information on using FastCGI under Apache, visit
 L<http://www.fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/docs/mod_fastcgi.html>
 
+=head3 Authorization header with mod_fastcgi or mod_cgi
+
+By default, mod_fastcgi/mod_cgi do not pass along the Authorization header,
+so modules like C<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::HTTP> will
+not work.  To enable pass-through of this header, add the following
+mod_rewrite directives:
+
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.+)
+    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1,PT]
+
 =head2 Lighttpd
 
 These configurations were tested with Lighttpd 1.4.7.
@@ -351,8 +374,9 @@ values are disabled.  The above example would start 5 processes.
 =head3 Non-root configuration
     
 You can also run your application at any non-root location with either of the
-above modes.
+above modes.  Note the required mod_rewrite rule.
 
+    url.rewrite = ( "myapp\$" => "myapp/" )
     fastcgi.server = (
         "/myapp" => (
             "MyApp" => (
@@ -375,11 +399,7 @@ L<Catalyst>, L<FCGI>.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
-Sebastian Riedel, <sri@cpan.org>
-
-Christian Hansen, <ch@ngmedia.com>
-
-Andy Grundman, <andy@hybridized.org>
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
 
 =head1 THANKS