Config for mod_fcgid related to maxrequestlen and timeout

[sdanf]

I have mod_fcgid enabled and receive the following errors when trying to post to my site using xmlrpc, however the error has popped up a few times in other areas as well.

Running on centos 5.

mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 40 seconds

as well as

mod_fcgid: HTTP request length 131385 (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (131072)

I could not find a mod_fcgid.conf file anywhere so I created one in /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/ and added an include line to my main httpd.conf file

Inside I added:

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
MaxRequestLen 1000000000
IPCConnectTimeout 100
IPCCommTimeout 1000
</IfModule>

Is this the correct place to put it, and how can I confirm 100% that these limits are being applied as the error was happening at random.

Thanks

 

[cPanelTristan]

I would suggest putting the include into /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_main_global.conf instead of creating a new include. If you directly edit httpd.conf to add an include line, Apache rebuild or recompile will wipe that include line. The existing includes in /usr/local/apache/conf/includes directory will be automatically added if you simply distill them using:

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/apache_conf_distiller --update

At that point, then rebuild Apache and restart it:

/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

 

[kbob]

@sdanf i would say a more normal place for this would be :

/usr/local/apache/conf/conf.d/mod_fcgid.conf

Or otherwise if you are running the server with a main configuration of PHP mod_fcgi + SuExec :

/usr/local/apache/conf/php.conf

Is also a place to put these configuration changes.

As for the error you provided initially :

mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 40 seconds

I have seen this to be caused by the fact that the script being executed requires more memory to finish up whatever it is currently executing, otherwise the site hits a Error 500 Internal server.

Hope this can help you.

 

[cavamondo]

Is there anyway to add this module thru cPanel interface rather than SSH in?

To answer my own question.
http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/apache-...id-cant-lock-process-table-pid-151373-p2.html

 

[cPanelTristan]

No, there is no way to do so.

 

[cavamondo]

This fixed the issue about uploading filesize for me: MaxRequestLen setting for mod_fcgid to a higher value.

WHM > Apache Configuration > Include Editor > Post VirtualHost Include > All

We added this (mod_fcgid version 2.35):

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
MaxRequestLen 1000000000
</IfModule>

For mod_fcgid version 2.36, add this:

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
FcgidMaxRequestLen 1000000000
</IfModule>