X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/181b77a8fad0affe0bfa58e03bde86dc33d875a1..85c1479a299121781f5567940d4c983b77bab2ed:/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn b/doc/tips/dot_cgi.mdwn index bb0a4fd97..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 +29,10 @@ 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. + * 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.