Dev Hound CGI Version
Dev Hound is a particular kind of web application called an ISAPI dll which is an program that resides in memory and provides web pages very fast. In contrast a CGI application is loaded and unloaded for each request from the web. The benefit is stability at the cost of some processing speed.
Why is it useful?
There are two major benefits. Firstly it is reliable especially when unforseen events occur like web server crashs, data corruption.
Secondly, the application can be updated on the fly meaning you can upgrade Dev Hound without having the restart the server, this is very useful when you have Dev Hound externally hosted.
Why is it useful?
There are two major benefits. Firstly it is reliable especially when unforseen events occur like web server crashs, data corruption.
Secondly, the application can be updated on the fly meaning you can upgrade Dev Hound without having the restart the server, this is very useful when you have Dev Hound externally hosted.
Download
Dev Hound CGI installer
Installation
- Make sure you have installed Dev Hound prior
- The application is only useful for IIS installations
- Download and install from the above link
- A new file called devhound.exe will be installed in c:\program files\dev hound\cgi
- You may immediately access Dev Hound using http://your server/devhound/devhound.exe
- You may upload devhound.exe to your externally hosted environment if required