From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:16:49 +0000 (-0400) Subject: update instructions to work with new debian apache packages X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/adc3c5e7bcccbaa286d7da8dbdbcde035ba4adc0?hp=f594c2da96c401ee312803793d5ff3f088d70369 update instructions to work with new debian apache packages --- diff --git a/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn b/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn index dc88d9595..9067fbea5 100644 --- a/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ configuration changes should work anywhere. ## apache 2 -* Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and add a line like this: +* Make sure the cgi module is loaded. (Ie, `a2enmod cgi`) + +* Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (or /etc/apache2/mods-available/mime.conf) + and add a line like this: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi @@ -26,8 +29,6 @@ configuration changes should work anywhere. Or, if you've put it in a `~/public_html`, edit `/etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf`. - You may also want to install some dependencies to enable CGI in apache2 setup as: `libcgi-formbuilder-perl` and `libcgi-session-perl`. - * If your wiki is in `~/public_html` and does not appear when you enter the URL given by the installer, check that you have the userdir mod enabled (there should be simlinks to userdir.load and userdir.conf in /etc/apache2/modes-enabled). If not, run `a2enmod userdir` and reload apache2.