Re: [Cppcms-users] Integrated FastCGI module

[Shiv S. D. <shi...@gm...>]

Hi,

You can develop your application as a cppcms application and lighty
can use that application as fastcgi application. You can find
configuration options in documentation section.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Shiv

On 12/17/12, Sab <rim...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to create a connection between a Webserver (Lighty) and an
> already
> existing C++ application. Both web server and the application run on the
> same
> system, an embedded linux platform. Next to it’s regular tasks, the
> application
> would need to monitor the user’s HTTP-Requests and allow or deny them
> according
> to the rights of the currently logged in user. I figured FastCGI could be
> the
> answer as it can be configured to run in "authorizer" mode, which seems to
> be
> matching what I need.
>
> So now I’m trying to find out how to integrate a FastCGI-Module into my
> existing
> application. As the database, where the user rights are stored is part of my
> application, I would like the fcgi module to run IN the application, in a
> separate thread, instead of as a separate executable. I see the common usage
> is
> the later but that wouldn’t work for me.
>
> I checked the FastCGI DevKit library "fcgiapp" and found that the module has
> to
> be either launched by the server (bin-path) or if I want to make it run
> independently from the web server, it has to be started with spawn-fcgi. Non
> of
> these options seems to help in my case, because as mentioned, the module has
> to
> be a PART of my existing application.
>
> Does CppCMS support also only stand alone modules? Or would CppCMS help in
> the
> realization of the above mentioned constellation? Does it support the
> Authorizer
> mode and allow me to parse the header of the request (uri,
> operation:GET/POST/DELETE..., user name, password)?
>
> I would very much appreciate any tip or comment, in which direction I should
> start.
>
> Thanks,
> Sab
>
>
>
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Best regards,
Shiv Shankar Dayal