> Setup OpenID delegation for the site you are hosting with enki (say, http://rhnh.net
> for me)
> Fire up your app with one mongrel.
> Then try to login.
> Hit the mongrel, which then requests your site to get the delegation
> info
> ... which needs to be processed by a mongrel, but the only one is
> already waiting on this request to finish
> So your app locks up.

> Multiple mongrels would help, but not avoid the problem, since
> mongrels will keep accepting requests even if they're busy.

> This wasn't a problem with mephisto since it page cached the home page
> (and others) that was then served up by nginx.
> I think I will do this on my site too, as I can't see another
> immediate solution.

> Xav

> Here is a better idea: serve up a static YADIS file through the
> webserver without ever having to touch mongrel

> http://rhnh.net/2008/04/13/nginx-openid-delegation-and-yadis

> I will add a rake task to generate this file from enki.yml

> On 12/04/2008, at 6:08 PM, Xavier Shay wrote:

> > Setup OpenID delegation for the site you are hosting with enki (say,
> http://rhnh.net
> > for me)
> > Fire up your app with one mongrel.
> > Then try to login.
> > Hit the mongrel, which then requests your site to get the delegation
> > info
> > ... which needs to be processed by a mongrel, but the only one is
> > already waiting on this request to finish
> > So your app locks up.

> > Multiple mongrels would help, but not avoid the problem, since
> > mongrels will keep accepting requests even if they're busy.

> > This wasn't a problem with mephisto since it page cached the home page
> > (and others) that was then served up by nginx.
> > I think I will do this on my site too, as I can't see another
> > immediate solution.

> > Xav