Re: Execution time of a long process results in an Internal Server Error 500

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Mauro Sánchez <mauroka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I have a process that takes about 2 or 3 minutes to execute. The
> problem is that sometimes (not always) it results in an Internal Server
> Error 500 because of the time it takes.
> Is there a way to configure Apache or mod_wsgi to prevent this? Let's say,
> that even if the process takes 10 or 15 minutes it just keeps running until
> it finish?
> Thanks a lot for the help.
> Cheers,
> Mauro.
>

Providing a URL that consumes an entire web worker for >1 minute is a
good way to open yourself up for a DOS attack - even 10 seconds is too
long really. Put lengthy operations in to a queue - like django-celery
- so that you can manage how much of your resources that task
consumes, and poll for completion with AJAX.

Cheers

Tom

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