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diff --git a/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn b/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn index 42a0aa7bf..e7fe7b2c8 100644 --- a/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn @@ -60,7 +60,41 @@ If you have any thought about it, feel free to let me know. ## nginx -* To run CGI under nginx, just use a FastCGI wrapper like [this one](http://technotes.1000lines.net/?p=23). The wrapper must be started somehow just like any other FastCGI program. I use launchd on OSX. +To run CGI under nginx, just use a FastCGI wrapper like [this one](http://technotes.1000lines.net/?p=23). The wrapper must be started somehow just like any other FastCGI program. I use launchd on OSX. + +In Linux, you will need the spawn-fcgi and fcgiwrap packages and start +them with: + + spawn-fcgi -s /tmp/fcgi.socket -n -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap + +This needs to be ran as your user. It can be added to `inittab` or +made into a startup script in `init.d`. + +Then you need an nginx config plugged in that wrapper. Here's an +example virtual host configuration: + + server { + #listen 80; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied + #listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6 + + root /home/anarcat/public_html/wiki.reseaulibre.ca/; + index index.html index.htm; + + # Make site accessible from http://localhost/ + server_name wiki.reseaulibre.ca; + + location / { + try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; + } + location /ikiwiki.cgi { + fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/fcgi.socket; + fastcgi_index ikiwiki.cgi; + fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/anarcat/public_html/ikiwiki.cgi; + fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/anarcat/public_html/wiki.reseaulibre.ca; + include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; + } + } + ## boa |