James Britt
8/14/2006 4:16:00 AM
Derek Belsham wrote:
> Hi
>
> I know that this is a simple problem but.
>
> can some one tel me how to configure the httpd.conf to use simple ruby
> cgi scripts. I have seen it before but cannot find it now.
>
> Installed the latest Ruby.
> have craeted a simple hello world script put it in the cgi bin and when
> I link to it it askes me if I want to save it or open it
>
> so far I have added to httpd but I don't think that it is enough?
>
> AddType application/x-httpd-ruby .rb
> Action application/x-httpd-ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby
>
You may need to tell Apache to execute the file as CGI
# I have this in http.conf
AddHandler cgi-script .rb
# And this is various virtual host conf files
<Directory /some/app/dir>
Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>
Or something like that.
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James Britt
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