mod_fastcgi_reproxy

This is a module for lighttpd 1.4.x to add perlbal's X-Reproxy-* feature.

lighttpd 1.5 might have same feature (X-Rewrite-*) but there's no stable version.

Build

Follow this development instructions: Lighttpd - HowToWriteALighttpdPlugin - lighty labs

Usage Example

lighttpd.conf:

server.modules = (
    "mod_fastcgi_reproxy",
)

server.document-root = "/home/typester/dev/lighttpd/lighttpd-1.4.21"
server.port = 80

#fastcgi.debug = 1 # commented out to see debug message
fastcgi.server = (
    "" => (
        ( "bin-path" => "/home/typester/dev/lighttpd/lighttpd-1.4.21/test.fcgi",
          "socket" => "/tmp/fcgi.socket",
          "max-procs" => 1,
          "check-local" => "disable",
          "allow-x-reproxy" => "enable",
        ),
    ),
)

test.fcgi:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI::Fast qw(:standard);

while (my $q = CGI::Fast->new) {
    print "X-LIGHTTPD-reproxy-host: example.com\n";
    print "X-LIGHTTPD-reproxy-path: /path/to/target.html\n";
    print "\n";
    print "Hello fcgi";
}

Notes

This module is designed to replace normal fastcgi module. Don't use both modules together.

To enable reproxy feature, added "allow-x-reproxy" settings.