How to create a very simple external FastCGI configuration in apache?

Question

I have an externally started FastCGI application that listens on socket '/tmp/foo.sock' and a directory of static files in '/srv/static'. Apache has all needed permissions on the socket and the directories.

What I need : All requests starting with '/static' should be handled by apache using the contents of '/srv/static'. All other requests should be handled by the FastCGI application. Here is my current virtual host configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] ServerName www.foo.com ServerAlias foo.com Alias /static /srv/static FastCgiExternalServer /* -socket /tmp/foo.sock ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined </VirtualHost> 

Even though this seems simple, its giving me quite the headache. According to http://www.fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/docs/mod_fastcgi.html#FastCgiExternalServer the first parameter to 'FastCgiExternalServer' should be a 'filename' that when matched will cause apache to delegate the request to the external FastCGI app. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

According to the FastCGI FAQ, change the FastCgiExternalServer line to the belows

FastCgiExternalServer /srv/static -socket /tmp/foo.sock 

and try again.

Answer 2

The first argument to FastCgiExternalServer is supposed to be some file name that will redirect. It doesn't have to exist. It doesn't say that a wildcard is supported. I don't think that using /srv/static is the right answer, you want that handled by Apache.