Using the mod_fcgid RPM Package =============================== This mod_fcgid package includes a configuration file /etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf that ensures that the module is loaded and added as the handler for .fcg, .fcgi, and .fpl applications. Example: setting up moin with mod_fcgid ======================================= Setting up moin with mod_fcgid is very similar to setting it up as a regular CGI application. * Create a directory for your wiki instance: DESTDIR=/var/www/mywiki mkdir -p $DESTDIR/cgi-bin * Copy in the wiki template data and the application itself: cp -a /usr/share/moin/{data,underlay} $DESTDIR cp -a /usr/share/moin/server/moin.fcg $DESTDIR/cgi-bin cp -a /usr/share/moin/config/wikiconfig.py $DESTDIR/cgi-bin * Fix the directory ownership chown -R apache:apache $DESTDIR/{data,underlay} * Edit $DESTDIR/cgi-bin/wikiconfig.py to suit your needs * Create a httpd configuration file for the wiki, e.g. /etc/httpd/conf.d/mywiki.conf # Wiki application data common to all wiki instances Alias /moin_static185 "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/" Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year" # Wiki instance with mod_fcgid ScriptAlias /mywiki "/var/www/mywiki/cgi-bin/moin.fcg" Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all * Restart the web server to load the new configuration: service httpd restart That should do it! Ruby on Rails with mod_fcgid ============================ One of the differences between mod_fastcgi and mod_fcgid is that the former sets the SCRIPT_NAME environment variable whilst the latter does not, and it's reported (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/476658) that Ruby on Rails expects this environment variable to be present. A workaround for this is to add: ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = "" to the Rails::Initializer.run segment of config/environment.rb