On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 11:55:02AM +0300, Lauri Kasanen wrote: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:44:40 +0200 > Sonny Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Most other servers allow that. Lighttpd does not require you to use any > > > additional utils, for example. It will start and stop the required amount > > > of fastcgi servers with it. > > > > > > This is both user-friendly and works well for the usual scenario where > > > both are hosted on the same physical hw. > > > > Your usage scenario is not the one I considered primarily. I consider > > the scenario where monkey is running on cheap hardware or VM in front > > of numerous fastcgi servers on other cheap hardware VMs to be the > > intended use. This separates concerns well and could be very > > efficient. Monkey is after all aimed at embedded devices. Of course > > both scenarios should be considered, and I would not mind if someone > > would implement this feature, but in the end I don't think it's > > needed. Look at how well it's working out for Nginx, they don't > > include this feature. > > OK; then please make that clear in the docs (README) that it's not currently > supported. As mentioned, with most other servers supporting it, it's the > expected behavior. > > - Lauri
I've updated the README on github now, describing it a FastCGI proxy plugin instead of a FastCGI plugin. Hopefully this should clarify my intent. When starting/stopping support is added, I'll call it a FastCGI plugin again. Thanks for you feedback! -- Sonny Karlsson _______________________________________________ Monkey mailing list [email protected] http://lists.monkey-project.com/listinfo/monkey
