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This page documents the 1.4 (latest stable) release. Documentation for other releases can be found here.
Trac with FastCGI
Since version 0.9, Trac supports being run through the FastCGI interface. Like mod_python, this allows Trac to remain resident, and is faster than external CGI interfaces which must start a new process for each request. However, unlike mod_python, it is able to support SuEXEC. Additionally, it is supported by much wider variety of web servers.
Simple Apache configuration
# Enable fastcgi for .fcgi files # (If you're using a distro package for mod_fcgi, something like # this is probably already present) <IfModule mod_fastcgi.c> AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi FastCgiIpcDir /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi </IfModule> LoadModule fastcgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_fastcgi.so
You can either setup the TRAC_ENV
as an overall default:
FastCgiConfig -initial-env TRAC_ENV=/path/to/env/trac
Or you can serve multiple Trac projects in a directory like:
FastCgiConfig -initial-env TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR=/parent/dir/of/projects
Configure ScriptAlias
or similar options as described in TracCgi, but calling trac.fcgi
instead of trac.cgi
.
Simple Lighttpd Configuration
The FastCGI front-end was developed primarily for use with alternative webservers, such as lighttpd.
lighttpd a secure, fast, compliant and very flexible web-server which has been optimized for high-performance environments. It has a very low memory footprint compared to other web servers and takes care of CPU load.
For using trac.fcgi
with lighttpd add the following to your lighttpd.conf:
fastcgi.server = ("/trac" => ("trac" => ("socket" => "/tmp/trac-fastcgi.sock", "bin-path" => "/path/to/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi", "check-local" => "disable", "bin-environment" => ("TRAC_ENV" => "/path/to/projenv") ) ) )
Note that you will need to add a new entry to fastcgi.server
for each separate Trac instance that you wish to run. Alternatively, you may use the TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR
variable instead of TRAC_ENV
as described above.
Other important information related to lighttpd like this updated TracInstall page are useful for non-fastcgi specific installation.
Relaunch lighttpd, and browse to http://yourhost.example.org/trac
to access Trac.
See also TracCgi, TracModPython, TracInstall, TracGuide