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@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ run `.cgi`  programs from anywhere.
 These instructions are for Debian systems, but the basic
 configuration changes should work anywhere.
 
 These instructions are for Debian systems, but the basic
 configuration changes should work anywhere.
 

+[[!toc]]
+

 ## apache 2
 
 ## apache 2
 

-* Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and add a line like this:
+* 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:

 
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
 
 
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
 


@@ -26,6 +32,10 @@ configuration changes should work anywhere.
   Or, if you've put it in a `~/public_html`, edit
   `/etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf`.
 
   Or, if you've put it in a `~/public_html`, edit
   `/etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf`.
 

+* 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.
+  

 * 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.
 * 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.


@@ -58,7 +68,44 @@ If you have any thought about it, feel free to let me know.
 
 ## nginx
 
 
 ## 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.
+To run CGI under nginx, you need to use a FastCGI wrapper. The wrapper must be started somehow just like any other FastCGI program. You can use launchd on OSX.
+
+In Linux, you will need the spawn-fcgi and fcgiwrap packages and start
+them with:
+
+    spawn-fcgi -s /tmp/fcgi.socket -n -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap
+
+This needs to be ran as your user. It can be added to `inittab` or
+made into a startup script in `init.d`. You may also need to make this file writable by the webserver, if that's running as a different user, e.g.:
+
+    chmod a+w /tmp/fcgi.socket
+
+Then you need an nginx config plugged in that wrapper. Here's an
+example virtual host configuration:
+
+    server {
+        #listen   80; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
+        #listen   [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; ## listen for ipv6
+
+        root /home/anarcat/public_html/wiki.reseaulibre.ca/;
+        index index.html index.htm;
+
+        # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
+        server_name wiki.reseaulibre.ca;
+
+        location / {
+                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        }
+        location /ikiwiki.cgi {
+                fastcgi_pass  unix:/tmp/fcgi.socket;
+                fastcgi_index ikiwiki.cgi;
+                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME   /home/anarcat/public_html/ikiwiki.cgi;
+                fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      /home/anarcat/public_html/wiki.reseaulibre.ca;
+                include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
+        }
+    }
+
+Also, note that the `/tmp/fcgi.socket` file needs to be writable by the webserver. I am also unsure as to the security of this setup, as I am using this only on my dev server. Needless to say that [[real fastcgi support|todo/fastcgi_or_modperl_installation_instructions]] would be great. ;) --[[anarcat]]

 
 ## boa
 
 
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