Correct. I've found proxying to an HTTP WSGI server to be eaisier as you don't need to configure passing of FastCGI params. I use Gunicorn with nginx, and it requires very little all around configuration. I would expect Gunicorn with lighttpd to be similar.
_Nik On 10/24/2012 3:11 PM, Fred wrote: > Thanks guys for the infos. It makes a lot more sense now. > > So it looks like Lighttpd does not support the equivalent of mod_wsgi, > so requires a second server that speaks either FastCGI or HTTP/WSGI. > > On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 5:58:21 PM UTC+2, Fred wrote: > > Hello > > I'm trying to find how to install Python on a Lighttpd server that > currently runs PHP scripts. > > This article > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/fastcgi/> > says: > > Although WSGI is the preferred deployment platform for Django, > many people use shared hosting, on which protocols such as > FastCGI, SCGI or AJP are the only viable options. > > > I'm puzzled, because I seemed to understand that WSGI is an API > that relies on a lower-level transport solution like FastCGI, > SCGI, or AJP. > > Could it be that the article actually opposed mod_wsgi, which can > run within Apache à la mod_php *? > > And if someone knows of a good way to run Python through FastCGI > (with or without WSGI) on Lighttpd, I'm interested: "Python > FastCGI on lighty with flup" at the very bottom > > <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModFastCGI#Skeleton-for-remote-authorizer> > only seems to run a specific script. > > Thank you. > > * altough it can also run in its own process, just like FastCGI > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/n62KPozSRhcJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
