proxy or fastcgi for python app

Cliff Wells cliff at develix.com
Tue Sep 1 20:27:40 MSD 2009


On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 11:24 +0000, William Dode wrote:
> On 01-09-2009, William Dode wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm going to try nginx with somes python apps. Thanks to wsgi i can 
> > easily choose between fastcgi or proxy.
> >
> > How can i choose ?
> 
> I answer to myself after reading :
> 
> http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/01/02/fastcgi-scgi-and-apache-background-and-future/
> 
> http://blog.ianbicking.org/fastcgi-scgi-http.html
> 
> So, please say me if i'm wrong.
> 
> I should use fastcgi if i want more control on the environement between 
> nginx and my app.
> I should use httpproxy if i want more autonomy for my app (choose my 
> http server, - cherrypy paste wsgiref... - for example)

It doesn't really matter.   I personally prefer proxying as it is
slightly simpler.

Cliff


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