From: Dave Symonds <dsymonds@...>
Date: 2006-01-04T21:32:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie tearing hair out

page77.office@googlemail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.  I have had it called testcgi.cgi and I just get it
> printed out, not executed.

Then I'll be a bit more explicit, this time for Apache:

(1) Turn on the CGI handler. You'll need a line like
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    (this would also allow you to use the .rb extension)

(2) In whatever directory the script is in, you'll need the ExecCGI
option enabled. Either that, or use the ScriptAlias option of
mod_alias.

You do *not* need mod_ruby; it is optional, though it might come in
handy. You'll also need FastCGI setup for Ruby on Rails, though I could
be wrong on this point since I've never actually used Rails myself.


Dave.