[REBOL] Re: APACHE + REBOL as CGI?
From: tim:johnsons-web at: 15-Sep-2001 20:13
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:25:24PM -0500, john wrote:
> Thanks Tim.
>
> I have Rebol running. In Linux each domain has its own CGI-BIN for the
> scripts but the binaries and libraries reside in a directory accessed via
> an alias. As with NT/SAMBAR I simply created the REBOL directories and
> copied files, added " .r " to the cgi-bin as an accepted suffix attempting
> to keep the directories identical to my other servers for platform
> script/compatibility sake.
>
> I say again -the only combination that I have experienced any trouble
> running Rebol is NT/IIS combinations. The book covers little of what is
> necessary to run rebol there and we fell upon it kind of by accident, but
> have just recently set up 3 very active servers to run REBOL 0on top of
> IIS-4 (one gets a Million hits a month).
>
> Any way, NT/IIS is the only combination I see requiring formal
> installation. And the setup required is identical to that of PERL. That
> should help.
>
> We will document the steps necessary and pass them on the REBOL and Book
> authors.
Great! Pass them on to me too. I've got nothing on the internet with
that combination, but would like to be informed in case I have anything
requests to go on an NT server...
> John
>
> At 05:58 PM 9/15/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi John:
> > I've noticed your questions and have time to just touch
> >briefly on it with what I know.
> >
> >I personally don't know why one would have to be concerned about
> >the location of the binary. Doesn't sound to me like your doing
> >anything incorrect as far as Linux goes.....
> >
> >I do not think it's a good idea to have the rebol binary in cgi-bin,
> >and it's really a good idea to have your own internal mapping so that
> >your not really using the standard cgi-bin. I'm referring to using
> >the ScriptAlias, which is in either access.conf or httpd.conf on
> >RH 7.0 (I think - just use RH 6.0 myself).
> >
> >I'm sorry that I can't offer more than that, perhaps there will
> >be more on this after the weekend. HINT: Sometimes it helps
> >to repost under a different subject if you don't get the full
> >edification that you are looking for.
>
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