Problem trying to configure Django with FastCGI and Lighttpd

HI,

Does anyone have recent experience of setting of a Django
site with
FastCGI and Lighttpd?
We have a new dedicated server and have been trying to set
this up
without succcess.

Software:

Lighttpd 1.4.18
Flup 0.5
Django 0.97 pre-SVN (ie: current SVN trunk)

Excerpt from Lighttpd config:
----------------------
fastcgi.debug = 1

fastcgi.server = (
    "/mysite_project.fcgi" => (
        "main" => (
            # Use host / port instead of socket for TCP
fastcgi
	     "bin-path" =>
"/home/myuser/mysite_project/www/mysite.fcgi",
	     "host" => "127.0.0.1",
	     "port" => 3303,
           #"socket" =>
"/home/myuser/mysite_project/www/mysite.sock",
            "check-local" =>
"disable",
 	     "min-procs" => 2,
	     "max-procs" => 4,
        )
    ),
)
alias.url = (
    "/media/" =>
"/usr/local/django/contrib/admin/media/",
)

url.rewrite-once = (
#    "^(/media.*)$" => "$1",
#    "^/favicon.ico$" =>
"/media/favicon.ico",
    "^(/.*)$" =>
"/mysite_project.fcgi$1",
)
------------------

mysite.fcgi file looks like this:

------
#!/usr/bin/python2.4
import sys, os

# Add a custom Python path.
sys.path.insert(0,
"/home/myuser_stage/mysite_project")

# Switch to the directory of your project. (Optional.)
os.chdir("/home/myuser_stage/mysite_project/")

# Set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable.
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] =
"mysite_project.settings"

from django.core.servers.fastcgi import runfastcgi
runfastcgi(method="threaded")

--

When we start lighttd, it spawns 4 fastcgi processes, but on
visiting
the site url we just see:

---
Unhandled Exception

An unhandled exception was thrown by the application.

--



We've verified that Django is properly installed by testing
it with
its built in webserver - which works fine.

What are we doing wrong?

help!!

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How would I "run it prefork"? Sorry to be a dunce
- I'm a bit new to
this!
I checked the logs, nothing in the error logs since I made a
couple of
changes, thus:

fastcgi.server = (
    "/mysite.fcgi" => (
        "main" => (
            # Use host / port instead of socket for TCP
fastcgi
	   "bin-path" =>
"/home/myuser_stage/mysite_project/www/mysite.fcgi"
;,
                   "socket" =>
"/home/myuser_stage/mysite_project/www/
mysite.sock",
                   "check-local" =>
"disable",
        )
    ),
)


On Dec 17, 7:23 pm, "Chris Moffitt" <ch...moffitts.net> wrote:
> Take a look in the lighttpd server logs to see if there
are any errors that
> might point you in the right direction.
>
> The other thing is that you're running this threaded
but you're spawning
> multiple processes.  I suspect that could be causing
problems too.  Trying
> running it prefork and see if that helps.
>
> -Chris
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0.97-pre-SVN-6940
Nothing much in the logs.
I just tried telnet 127.0.0.1 3303 and I get connection
refused, so
maybe that is where the problem lies . . .

On Dec 17, 7:54 pm, "Martin Conte Mac Donell"
<refl...gmail.com>
wrote:
> Which version of django are you using? What do you see
on lighttpd logs? Is
> port 3303 open with fcgi process?
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin Conte Mac Donell
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 4:23 PM, Chris Moffitt <ch...moffitts.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Take a look in the lighttpd server logs to see if
there are any errors
> > that might point you in the right direction.
>
> > The other thing is that you're running this
threaded but you're spawning
> > multiple processes.  I suspect that could be
causing problems too.  Trying
> > running it prefork and see if that helps.
>
> > -Chris- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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Interesting, I've changed my fcgi script to prefork, and
updated the
lighttpd conf to have the edternal IP address of the machine
and now
I'm getting a  403 - Forbidden error when I go to the site
URL.
I think one area of confusion (for me) is how and when to
start
Django's fcgi process.

Currently what I'm doing is starting lighttpd
(/etc/init.d/lighttpd
restatr) then starting Django's FCGI process as follows:
$ python manage.py runfcgi protocol=fcgi host=78.110.163.145
port=3303

Am I doing something wrong?


On Dec 17, 9:00 pm, "Chris Moffitt" <ch...moffitts.net> wrote:
> In your mysite.fcgi script, just pass in the variable
"prefork" instead of
> threaded.
>
> The other thing you could try is to use the ip address
instead of 127.0.0.1.
>
> -Chris
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Hi,

> Interesting, I've changed my fcgi script to prefork,
and updated the
> lighttpd conf to have the edternal IP address of the
machine and now
> I'm getting a  403 - Forbidden error when I go to the
site URL.
> I think one area of confusion (for me) is how and when
to start
> Django's fcgi process.

You start it one of two ways:

- Let lighttpd spawn it for you using the
"bin-path" parameter. From
your first post, this is what you were originally using.

- Start the FCGI process manually or through a script
that's
independent of lighttpd. That's the "python manage.py
runfcgi"
command...

> Currently what I'm doing is starting lighttpd
(/etc/init.d/lighttpd
> restatr) then starting Django's FCGI process as
follows:
> $ python manage.py runfcgi protocol=fcgi
host=78.110.163.145 port=3303

You need to listen on host=127.0.0.1 since that's where
your
lighttpd.conf is sending FCGI requests. Also, since you
don't need
Lighttpd to spawn your FCGI process, in lighttpd.conf,
remove the bin-
path, max-procs, etc. and leave only the host, port, and
check-local
parameters.

Since you're running your FCGI listener process on the same
server as
your lighttpd, you should communicate via the internal
loopback IP
address 127.0.0.1.

-Rajesh

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Also, make sure you are using a recent release of flup
(either the
latest 0.5 update or the 1.0 release):

http://cheese
shop.python.org/pypi/flup/
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