FAST CGI Support

Steps to FAST CGI Support

Go to system -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and select php-cgi

sh /etc/init.d/lighttpd start

sh /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop

Click apply changes

Edit file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file to add following things.

First add the module mod_fastcgi (lighttpd provides an interface to a external programs that support the FastCGI interface via this module). Make sure your server.modules loades mod_fastcgi:

server.modules = (
“mod_access”,
“mod_accesslog”,
“mod_fastcgi”,
“mod_rewrite”,
“mod_auth”
)

Add following lines to configuration

fastcgi.server = ( “.php” =>

(( “socket” => “/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket”,
“bin-path” => “/usr/local/bin/php”,
“bin-environment” => (
“PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN” => “16″,
“PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS” => “10000″
)
))
)

Restart lighttpd server with following command