fcgi script not working as expected (apache)

jeanluca has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks

I'm trying to get my first fast cgi app running

fcgi_test.fcgi:

use CGI::Fast qw(:standard);
    $COUNTER = 0;
    while (new CGI::Fast) {
        print header;
        print start_html("Fast CGI Rocks");
        print
            h1("Fast CGI Rocks"),
            "Invocation number ",b($COUNTER++),
            " PID ",b($$),".",
            hr;
        print end_html;
    }
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The apache part looks like

LoadModule fcgid_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_fcgid.so
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/perl/cgi-bin/"
AddHandler fcgi-script .fcgi
AddType application/x-httpd-fcgi .fcgi
  
....
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ...
  <Directory /srv/perl/cgi-bin/>
    AllowOverride All
    <FilesMatch "\.fcgi$">
      SetHandler cgi-script
    </FilesMatch>
  </Directory>
  ...
</VirtaulHost>
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Although the script runs fine, it doesn't count anything (its always zero). Also I cannot access things like $ENV{REMOTE_HOST}!

Any suggestions ?

Thnx
LuCa

UPDATE With the info provided below I was ablte to find the solutions

SetHandler fcgid-script
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thnx again!!

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Re: fcgi script not working as expected (apache) by moritz (Cardinal) on Dec 12, 2008 at 14:44 UTC
You can't access things like `$ENV{REMOTE_HOST}` because the environment variables are set on a per-process base, and there should be only one fastcgi instance per apache process, not per request. All this information is encapsulated in the CGI::Fast objects, so don't throw that object away as you do now in the header of your while-loop, but assign it to a variable instead. I don't know why your counter isn't increased, though.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: fcgi script not working as expected (apache) by jeanluca (Deacon) on Dec 12, 2008 at 15:23 UTC
Most of the code I'm using comes from cpan! http://search.cpan.org/~lds/CGI.pm-3.42/CGI/Fast.pm	[reply]
Re: fcgi script not working as expected (apache) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 12, 2008 at 14:55 UTC
`<VirtualHost *:80> ... <Directory /srv/perl/cgi-bin/> AllowOverride All <FilesMatch "\.fcgi$"> SetHandler cgi-script </FilesMatch> </Directory> ... </VirtaulHost>` [download] Maybe you want `SetHandler fastcgi-script`??	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: fcgi script not working as expected (apache) by jeanluca (Deacon) on Dec 12, 2008 at 15:12 UTC
I've modified one of the print statements into: `" PID ",b($$),". remote host: ",$ENV{REMOTE_HOST},"\n<br>",join(" ",ke +ys %ENV),` [download] which now produces: Fast CGI Rocks Invocation number 0 PID 29716. remote host: SCRIPT_NAME SERVER_NAME SERVER_ADMIN HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING HTTP_CONNECT +ION REQUEST_METHOD HTTP_ACCEPT SCRIPT_URI SCRIPT_FILENAME SERVER_SOFT +WARE HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET QUERY_STRING REMOTE_PORT HTTP_USER_AGENT SER +VER_PORT SERVER_SIGNATURE HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE REMOTE_ADDR HTTP_KEEP_ +ALIVE SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH PERL5LIB PATH REQUEST_URI GA +TEWAY_INTERFACE HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE SERVER_ADDR SCRIPT_URL DOCUMEN +T_ROOT HTTP_HOST UNIQUE_ID [download] If I change my httpd.conf into `SetHandler fastcgi-script` [download] I get a download popup-window	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: fcgi script not working as expected (apache) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 12, 2008 at 14:47 UTC
Dump %ENV, my guess is you're not running under FCGI.	[reply]