The last mod_fcgid release was in July 2007. Until this week, that is. mod_fcgid development has moved to the Apache Software Foundation as a subproject of Apache HTTP Server, and we recently released mod_fcgid 2.3.1 as a beta.
You can help ensure that mod_fcgid continues to meet your own needs by helping test the beta; it is also a great opportunity to help the community at large as you find, file, and/or fix bugs in the code or documentation.
- The new mod_fcgid home page
- current open bugs
- beta download
- README-FCGID, with instructions for building and notes about cases where your existing configuration may be interpreted differently
- CHANGES-FCGID, listing changes since 2.2
Additional fixes made available after the 2.3.1 beta was packaged are available in Subversion. You can check out the absolute latest sources with the following command:
$ svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/mod_fcgid/trunk mod_fcgid
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We in the GlassFish Web Stack/OpenSolaris Web Stack development team would love to see a new GA release of mod_fcgid in time to include it in 1.6/2010.02, but the outlook for that is not yet clear.
Web Stack users can easily build the new mod_fcgid for Web Stack as follows:
- Unpack beta tarball or check out mod_fcgid from Subversion
cdto the new mod_fcgid-2.3.1 or mod_fcgid directory- Run these commands:
$ APXS=/path/to/apxs ./configure.apxs $ make $ cp modules/fcgid/.libs/mod_fcgid.so /desired/location
- Edit the
LoadModuledirectives in your mod_fcgid configuration file to point to the beta mod_fcgid.so.
The path to APXS will vary based on your platform and distribution:
| Platform | Install method | APXS setting |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSolaris | native (IPS) | APXS=/usr/bin/apxs |
| Solaris 10 | native packages (SVR4) | APXS=/opt/webstack/apache2/2.2/bin/apxs |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | native packages (RPM) | APXS=/opt/sun/webstack/apache2/2.2/bin/apxs |
| Solaris 10 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | IPS | APXS=/your/webstack/installroot/apache2/2.2/bin/apxs |
Be sure to skip the make install step and copy mod_fcgid.so to an appropriate location manually so that you don't overlay the product-delivered mod_fcgid.so.
If you have build problems, report it to the Web Stack team at
(I'm sorry to say that the beta mod_fcgid doesn't build out of the box with Web Stack's bin/64/apxs command for 64-bit builds. If you need this to work, post to the forum and I'll look for a solution. There's a limitation in the Apache build mechanism which is used by mod_fcgid when you build mod_fcgid outside of the httpd source tree; mod_fcgid's work-around fails with the way Web Stack packages the build files for 64-bit builds. Ugh!)
If you have operational or configuration problems, please discuss it (or file a bug) using the appropriate Apache HTTP Server venue.