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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_cgid</h1>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Execution of CGI scripts using an
    external CGI daemon</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></th><td>cgid_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source&nbsp;File:</a></th><td>mod_cgid.c</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Unix threaded MPMs only</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>

    <p>Except for the optimizations and the additional <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptsock">ScriptSock</a></code> directive noted below,
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> behaves similarly to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>.
    <strong>See the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> summary for additional details
    about Apache and CGI.</strong></p>

    <p>On certain unix operating systems, forking a process from a
    multi-threaded server is a very expensive operation because the
    new process will replicate all the threads of the parent
    process. In order to avoid incurring this expense on each CGI
    invocation, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> creates an external daemon that is
    responsible for forking child processes to run CGI scripts. The
    main server communicates with this daemon using a unix domain
    socket.</p>

    <p>This module is used by default instead of
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> whenever a multi-threaded MPM
    is selected during the compilation process. At the user level,
    this module is identical in configuration and operation to
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>. The only exception is the
    additional directive <code>ScriptSock</code> which gives the
    name of the socket to use for communication with the cgi
    daemon.</p>
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#cgidscripttimeout">CGIDScriptTimeout</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif"> <a href="mod_cgi.html#scriptlog">ScriptLog</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif"> <a href="mod_cgi.html#scriptlogbuffer">ScriptLogBuffer</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif"> <a href="mod_cgi.html#scriptloglength">ScriptLogLength</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#scriptsock">ScriptSock</a></li>
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<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_cgid">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_cgid">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
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<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../suexec.html">Running CGI programs under different
    user IDs</a></li>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="cgidscripttimeout"><span id="CGIDScriptTimeout">CGIDScriptTimeout</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#cgidscripttimeout" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The length of time to wait for more output from the
CGI program</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CGIDScriptTimeout <var>time</var>[s|ms]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>value of <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#timeout">Timeout</a></code> directive when 
unset or set to 0</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cgid</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in httpd 2.4.10 and later; in prior releases no timeout was applied</td></tr>
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    <p>This directive limits the length of time to wait for more output from
    the CGI program.  If the time is exceeded, the request and CGI are 
    terminated.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">CGIDScriptTimeout 20</pre>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="scriptsock"><span id="ScriptSock">ScriptSock</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#scriptsock" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The filename prefix of the socket to use for communication with
the cgi daemon</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock cgisock</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cgid</td></tr>
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    <p>This directive sets the filename prefix of the socket to use for
    communication with the CGI daemon, an extension corresponding to
    the process ID of the server will be appended. The socket will be opened
    using the permissions of the user who starts Apache (usually
    root). To maintain the security of communications with CGI
    scripts, it is important that no other user has permission to
    write in the directory where the socket is located.</p>

    <p>If <var>file-path</var> is not an absolute path, the location specified
    will be relative to the value of 
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaultruntimedir">DefaultRuntimeDir</a></code>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptSock /var/run/cgid.sock</pre>
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