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+[[!meta date="2009-01-12 20:01:03 -0500"]]
+
 It's common to name the [[cgi]] "ikiwiki.cgi", and put it somewhere
 like `~/public_html/ikiwiki.cgi`, or `/var/www/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi`.
 
@@ -13,9 +15,12 @@ run `.cgi`  programs from anywhere.
 These instructions are for Debian systems, but the basic
 configuration changes should work anywhere.
 
+[[!toc]]
+
 ## apache 2
 
-* Make sure the cgi module is loaded. (Ie, `a2enmod cgi`)
+* Make sure the cgi module is loaded. (Ie, `a2enmod cgi`).
+  Note that the cgid module will not work.
 
 * Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (or /etc/apache2/mods-available/mime.conf)
   and add a line like this:
@@ -77,6 +82,32 @@ made into a startup script in `init.d`. You may also need to make this file writ
 
     chmod a+w /tmp/fcgi.socket
 
+If you have [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd), you may use a service file like so:
+
+Edit/create a service file (in Debian it would be: `sudo vim /lib/systemd/system/ikiwiki.service`
+
+Content of `ikiwiki.service`:
+
+    [Unit]
+    Description=Ikiwiki fcgi socket wrap
+    After=network.target
+    
+    [Service]
+    Type=simple
+    User=www-data
+    Group=www-data
+    ExecStart=/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -s /tmp/fcgi.socket -n -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap
+    
+    [Install]
+    WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+Then run:
+
+    # This enables the service at startup
+    sudo systemctl enable ikiwiki.service
+    # This attempts to start the service
+    sudo systemctl start ikiwiki.service
+
 Then you need an nginx config plugged in that wrapper. Here's an
 example virtual host configuration: