Rails - May 2005 - Lighttpd/FCGI File Upload leads to 503 Service unavailable

I''m running Rails 0.12.1 on TextDrive with Lighttpd (via
Apache''s
ProxyPass).

I have a file upload form that works like a charm when the file is less 
than 2MB. If it''s larger, after submitting the form the browser waits 
for about a minute then returns ''503 Service unavailable''. The
logs (for
lighttpd, rails'' production log, apache, etc.) don''t show any
precursing
error.

This seems like a common/simple issue, but I''ve just started using 
Lighttpd, so it''s unfamiliar.

I''ve seen a page on the Rails Wiki for FCGI timeout settings, but
that''s
for Apache. Searches in the TxD forums, Rails Wiki and Google are not 
showing anything obvious.

Thanks,
Matt

On May 13, 2005, at 11:46 PM, Matt Pelletier wrote:
> I''m running Rails 0.12.1 on TextDrive with Lighttpd (via
Apache''s
> ProxyPass).
>
> I have a file upload form that works like a charm when the file is  
> less than 2MB. If it''s larger, after submitting the form the  
> browser waits for about a minute then returns ''503 Service  
> unavailable''. The logs (for lighttpd, rails'' production
log,
> apache, etc.) don''t show any precursing error.
>
> This seems like a common/simple issue, but I''ve just started using
> Lighttpd, so it''s unfamiliar.
>
> I''ve seen a page on the Rails Wiki for FCGI timeout settings, but
> that''s for Apache. Searches in the TxD forums, Rails Wiki and  
> Google are not showing anything obvious.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>

Hi Matt,

It has to do with buffered uploads in lighttpd (like http:// 
trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/59). The official lighttpd is at 1.3.13  
and this was fixed in the "1.3.14", but that''s rolled into
the
pending 1.4. But til then the source from svn works fine.

Also of upload interest is mod_uploadprogress that''s in 1.4


- Jason

Jason A. Hoffman wrote:
> On May 13, 2005, at 11:46 PM, Matt Pelletier wrote:
> 
>> I''m running Rails 0.12.1 on TextDrive with Lighttpd (via
Apache''s
>> ProxyPass).
>>
>> I have a file upload form that works like a charm when the file is  
>> less than 2MB. If it''s larger, after submitting the form the 
browser
>> waits for about a minute then returns ''503 Service 
unavailable''. The
>> logs (for lighttpd, rails'' production log,  apache, etc.)
don''t show
>> any precursing error.
>>
>> This seems like a common/simple issue, but I''ve just started
using
>> Lighttpd, so it''s unfamiliar.
>>
>> I''ve seen a page on the Rails Wiki for FCGI timeout settings,
but
>> that''s for Apache. Searches in the TxD forums, Rails Wiki and 
Google
>> are not showing anything obvious.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
> 
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
> It has to do with buffered uploads in lighttpd (like http:// 
> trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/59). The official lighttpd is at 1.3.13  
> and this was fixed in the "1.3.14", but that''s rolled
into the  pending
> 1.4. But til then the source from svn works fine.
> 
Hi Jason. Thanks for the reply. I also got your message on the TxD 
forums. I''ll build 1.4 from the trunk and try that.
> Also of upload interest is mod_uploadprogress that''s in 1.4
I saw that yesterday while going through the 1.4 docs. Quite exciting!

Do anyone know if this is in use anywhere?

If only all hosting companies were this helpful...

Matt
> 
> 
> - Jason
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