Hi Jon, I don't know much about mod_secdownload, but I do know that both apache2.x.x and lighttpd can use the X-Sendfile header.
See: http://celebnamer.celebworld.ws/stuff/mod_xsendfile/ I have an Apache -> Mongrel setup where I've installed mod_xsendfile for apache. When you want to send a file to the user simply do something like: response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/force-download" response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename=\"#{file.short_name}\"" response.headers["X-Sendfile"] = file.name response.headers['Content-length'] = file.size_in_bytes apache will then step in and serve the file. Regards, Steven Jonathan Leighton wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 00:06 -0800, Zed A. Shaw wrote: > >>> To be clear, send_file does not read the whole file into memory -- it blows >>> chunks into the output stream. Mongrel and pure-Ruby FastCGI use StringIO to >>> buffer the response before sending it to the client. >>> >>> X-Sendfile is definitely the way to go in any case. >>> >> Just to be extra clear, neither of the two main systems for hosting Rails >> would need to buffer the output if Rails didn't alternate between sending >> headers and body content. >> >> And yes, X-Sendfile is the way to go. >> > > Thanks for all your responses. Just in case it makes a difference, I'll > clarify about my setup. Basically we have an Apache on port 80 which > can't be removed from the equation. The Rails app is served directly > Apache -> Mongrel, and now I have made it so the /file/ path is proxied > Apache -> lighttpd, which serves the files using mod_secdownload. I > wasn't actually aware of X-Sendfile so that's interesting -- is this > better, worse or equal to using mod_secdownload? I wouldn't have thought > it made a difference as they both enable lighttpd to serve the static > files, but if people think I should drop the mod_secdownload solution in > favour of X-Sendfile I guess I could set up the application to go > through lighttpd too. > > Thanks again, > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-users mailing list > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users > _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
