[erlang-questions] Serve PHP/Python scripts behind Erlang

Frank Muller frank.muller.erl@REDACTED
Mon Mar 13 20:10:05 CET 2017


Nathaniel,

Can the erlport solution scale?

/Frank

<nathaniel@REDACTED> a écrit :

> It depends on what you mean by "efficient" :-) Some methods that I've
> worked with (Python only)
>
> - Python uses Flask+Gunicorn to serve requests, Erlang makes HTTP calls to
> it
>   You get to customize the request as much as you want in Erlang, the
> coupling is loose, it's easy to do black-box tests on the Python service
> alone
> - Python uses Flask+Gunicorn to serve requests, Nginx reverse-proxies to
> Python and to Erlang, P&E don't talk to each other
>   Nginx is good at forwarding connections, the coupling is loose, it's
> easy to do black-box tests on either sub-service alone
> - Erlang calls Python through ErlPort (http://erlport.org/)
>   Faster than a network connection, tighter coupling, you manage queueing
> and pooling yourself
>
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2017, at 1:47 PM, Frank Muller <frank.muller.erl@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Loïc, that was the first lib I found. But it seems to be outdated.
>
> I'll will dig into the FastCGI spec soon.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> /Frank
>
> <essen@REDACTED>
>
> The typical setup uses fastcgi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCGI
>
> There was an early attempt by Anthony at
> https://github.com/extend/ex_fcgi - not sure how much of it still works,
> but probably worth salvaging.
>
> On 03/13/2017 06:09 PM, Frank Muller wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> > What’s the most efficient way to run PHP (Python) scripts behind Erlang?
> >
> > I would like to receive HTTP requests in Cowboy and forward them to a
> > PHP/Python backend.
> >
> > Get the response back from the backend and forward it to the client.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > /Frank
> >
> >
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