Running cgi-scripts on my home Apache server

[Alex Martelli]

"Ruediger" <ruediger.maehl at web.de> wrote in message
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> >This is what Xitami wants, for example (I don't have an
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> Obviously, you are using Xitami as web server. Looks like this is a very
> small and effective web server
> (http://www.imatix.com/html/xitami/index.htm).

Yes, and yes.  I chose it as the simplest, runs-by-itself,
no-maintenance webserver so I could try out CGI scripts on
my home machine.


> # Question:
> Are you using CGI and/or LRWP in conjunction with Xitami?

CGI. LRWP is also interesting, and, not surprisingly, well
supported for Python in particular since Robin Dunn had a
hand in it; see http://alldunn.com/python/ for a link to it.

I haven't really done anything 'serious' with it, besides
confirming that, as per specs, it does let you easily develop
Python scripts that can run both under it, and under plain
CGI; as I don't have a Xitami installation actually deployed
on the web, but rather use mine to develop CGI scripts to
be later deployed on other servers, I can't even really speak
with first-hand knowledge about performance issues related
to CGI vs LRWP vs FastCGI vs other approaches -- not enough
real-world experiences.


Alex