Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.ikiwiki.info

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@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ 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`.
+
 * You may also want to enable the [[plugins/404]] plugin.
   To make apache use it, the apache config file will need a further
   modification to make it use ikiwiki's CGI as the apache 404 handler.
@@ -52,6 +54,16 @@ Note that the first part enables cgi server wide but depending on default
 configuration, it may be not enough. The second part creates a specific
 rule that allow `ikiwiki.cgi` to be executed.
 
-**Warning:** I only use this on my development server (offline). I am not
-sure of how secure this approach is. If you have any thought about it, feel
-free to let me know.
+**Warning:** I only use this lighttpd configuration on my development
+server (offline). I am not sure of how secure this approach is.
+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.
+
+## boa
+
+Edit /etc/boa/boa.conf and make sure the following line is not commented:
+
+    AddType application/x-httpd-cgi cgi