Jump start web.py + lighttpd + FastCGI

This is a simple web.py app that should get you up and running with the lighttpd web server and FastCGI.

Requirements

• web.py
• lighttpd
• daemontools (optional)

Running it

If you have daemontools:

svscan svc

Otherwise

cd svc/lighttpd
./run

Now go to http://127.0.0.1:8084.

You should see something like this:

Request number 1 for path / query  for pid 123456

If you refresh again:

Request number 2 for path / query  for pid 123456

As you can see, there's a stateful counter that persists across requests.

There are actually 2 FastCGI server processes running, but the first one is so fast in this minimal example you're not likely to get directed to the second. Put a time.sleep(0.5) in the GET method to see the second process get involved.