Itk+apache - does anybody use it?

[iprodua]

Does anybody use ITK+APACHE. Is it stable? How about perfomace and memory usage? Is it better than fast-cgi?

 

[kodifica]

Stuart Herbert did a fantastic review:
http://blog.stuartherbert.com/php/2008/04/19/using-mpm-itk-to-secure-a-shared-server/

I also suggest you to take a look at the whole series:
http://blog.stuartherbert.com/php/category/the-web-platform/

As Stuart outlines, ITK is awesome for four reasons:

1. once installed, it requires almost no configuration:
   

   <VirtualHost ...>
   ...
   AssignUserId [I]user[/I] [I]group[/I] <-- It's all you need, really!
   ...
   </VirtualHost>

2. it's much faster than suPHP / suEXEC (but mpm-peruser is yet much faster)
3. you're not bound to suPHP / suEXEC limitations (PHP authentication anyone?)
4. you can use mod_php -- WIN!

Also, Debian repositories sport an awesome apache2-mpm-itk package ready to use -- EPIC WIN!

 

[kodifica]

About performance, here's what Steinar H. Gunderson (ITK creator) says:

(Scroll down 'till Quirks and warnings section)

[...] mpm-itk [...] it's being run in production at several sites in the world [...] some as large as ~10 million hits a day.

So, yes, it's fairly stable

 

[nobaloney]

Has anyone compared or reviewed it in comparison to mod_ruid2?

Jeff

 

[zEitEr]

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