abblog: August 2011

Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 - Apache CGI enable

How to enable CGI in Ubuntu 11.04 with apache.

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/conf.d/security

# Edit 27 line as below

ServerTokens Prod

# Edit 39th line as below

ServerSignature Off

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf

# Line 3 : Add directory index

DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mime.conf

# Line 218 : Add .cgi file as below.

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

# Line 2: Add Administrator mail address

ServerAdmin webmaster@server.world

# Line 10: Add "ExecCGI" and Delete "Indexes"

Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI

# Line 11: Allow none to all

AllowOverride All

$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

* Restarting web server apache2

... waiting . ...done. [OK]

Now create the cgi file as below.

$ sudo vim /var/www/index.cgi

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print <<"EOM";

<html>

<body>

CGI Test Page

</div>

</body>

</html>

EOM

exit;

$ sudo chmod 705 /var/www/index.cgi

Access on the link below.

[http://localhost/index.cgi]

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