From: Jonathan Rockway <jon@jrock.us>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:39:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: add blurb about apache wanting .fcgi on the end of virtual names
X-Git-Tag: 5.7099_04~248
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add blurb about apache wanting .fcgi on the end of virtual names
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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
index 8cdae78..666ecf0 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm
@@ -237,18 +237,22 @@ 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