Overview: PHP handler is set to run as FastCGI in plesk
FastCGI performance is high. Keeps the processes running to handle further incoming requests.
To choose a PHP handler for your website:
- If you have access to several subscriptions, select the required subscription in the Subscription box at the top of the screen. Or, to view sites of all your subscriptions, select All subscriptions.
- Go to Websites & Domains.
- Click Hosting Settings below the domain name of a website for which you want to choose the PHP handler.
Common Errors with Wordpress when using FastCGI :
- Internal Server Error, Unable to moved contents
- 'http error' when uploading files larger than 128KB
Solution:
1.Edit the FastCGI configuration file, located at:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf
2. Set FcgidMaxRequestLen and FcgidMaxRequestInMem with the same values.
FcgidMaxRequestLen 1073741824
FcgidMaxRequestInMem 1073741824
3.Restart Apache
Service httpd restart
Related error in Apace logs:
mod_fcgid: HTTP request length ... (so far) exceeds MaxRequestLen (1310720)
source: http://kb.sp.parallels.com/en/114842
