mod_fastcgi is an Apache module which provides support for the FastCGI protocol. FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance and persistence without the limitations of server specific APIs. You will need to add the following line to /etc/httpd/httpd.conf: LoadModule fastcgi_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_fastcgi.so See /usr/doc/mod_fastcgi-2.4.6/mod_fastcgi.html for configuration details.