Huy Phan wrote:

Here's some sample code to help you get started (may not compile but you get the idea):

#include <fcgiapp.h>

int main() { int sockfd = FCGX_OpenSocket("/var/run/myfcgiserver.sock", 1024); FCGX_Request request;

FCGX_Init(); FCGX_InitRequest(&request, sockfd, 0);

while (FCGX_Accept_r(&request) == 0) { FCGX_FPrintF(request.out, "Content-type: text/html\r\n" "\r\n") "<h1>Hello World!</h1>"); FCGX_Finish_r(&request); } }

You're right, nginx won't start your fastcgi server for you, so just run it yourself. Personally, I find it easy enough to just create an init script for any fcgi app I want running.

Then configure nginx something like this:

location ~ fcgi-bin/.*$ { include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/myfcgiserver.sock; fastcgi_index whatever; }

With this, any request to yourserver/fcgi-bin/... will be sent to your fastcgi server.

One final note: If you want to use TCP rather than a unix socket, change the first argument of FCGX_OpenSocket to ":portnum" (i.e. ":2000" -- you need the colon). Then use "fastcgi_pass yourfcgiserver:2000;" in the nginx config.

Hope that helps.. --Chaz