How To Install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8.
What is mod_fcgid
mod_fcgid is a binary-compatible alternative to the Apache module mod_fastcgi. mod_fcgid has a new process management strategy, which concentrates on reducing the number of fastcgi servers, and kicking out corrupt fastcgi servers as soon as possible.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_fcgid.
Install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_fcgid using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_fcgid
Install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_fcgid using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_fcgid
How To Uninstall mod_fcgid on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_fcgid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_fcgid
mod_fcgid Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-fcgid.conf
/run/mod_fcgid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4c5c08b3ddd2dbdca58ffe3a50a2280bcf8a59
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mod_fcgid.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_fcgid.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/CHANGES-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/NOTICE-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/README-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/STATUS-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/fixconf.sed
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/mod_fcgid.html.en
/usr/share/licenses/mod_fcgid
/usr/share/licenses/mod_fcgid/LICENSE-FCGID
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_fcgid on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.