Testing REBOL CGI under Win95

Hello REBOLlion ! I played a hard time to test REBOL CGI scripts under Win95: After trying several CGI-able free Web-servers, it just did not happen to succesfully launch any REBOL CGI scripts (BTW Perl scripts runned like a breeze :-(( ) . What is the catch ? I suspect that the Windows Registry file assocation info which has bern put by REBOL View 1.2 installation, is not satisfactory to launch CGI. I also tried to hand-code and assoc-info line with "C:\path-to-rebol\rebol.exe -cs %'" and deleting the other automatically generated ones. I also installed Core 2.5, maybe WinXX does not like View for this purpose ... but ended up with the same resultlessness ;-) Could someone please help, who entered the similar one-way street ? P.S. Maybe I should put a mini-Linux distribution on my PC and hack with the loads of configuration options of the Apache executable just this minimalist sake ? Thanks for your reactions. Geza Lakner MD

From: Geza Lakner

> Hello REBOLlion ! > > I played a hard time to test REBOL CGI scripts under > Win95: After trying several CGI-able free Web-servers, > it just did not happen to succesfully launch any REBOL > CGI scripts (BTW Perl scripts runned like a breeze :-(( ) .

> What is the catch ? I suspect that the Windows Registry > file assocation info which has bern put by REBOL View > Could someone please help, who entered the > similar one-way street ?

> P.S. Maybe I should put a mini-Linux distribution > on my PC and hack with the loads of configuration > options of the Apache executable just this > minimalist sake ? > > Thanks for your reactions.

Hi Scott !

>> CGI scripts (BTW Perl scripts runned like a breeze :-(( ) . >And read like hell! ;-)

>Which servers have you used? Is there one in particular that you would >like to use? The configuration is usually different for each one.

>Not that I have anything against Linux, but Apache runs quite well on >Windows these days. It is what I have been using for almost two years now >on Win95 and then Win98. But it does require more than its share of

From: <[geza67--freestart--hu]> SJ> >Which servers have you used? Is there one in particular that you would SJ> >like to use? The configuration is usually different for each one.

> TinyWeb > Apache (after a half hour of MISconfiguration ;-) efforts > I gave up and removed the app.) > AnalogX Simpleserver > Savant

> Would you mind to send me some of your config files > (or just the relevant snippets to setup CGI correctly) ? > I really don't want anything "secure" and complicated, > just to test REBOL CGI at home while watching TV and > eating a slice of pizza with some beer(THAT is multitasking ...) :-)))

2001/6/9 PM 07:02:53, [geza67--freestart--hu] wrote:

>I played a hard time to test REBOL CGI scripts under Win95: >After trying several CGI-able free Web-servers,

Hi, Geza, Looks like it will be Apache after all. I use Apache 1.3.14, but this should still work with a later addition, I hope! I went through my httpd.conf file to find anything relevant. I placed my comments in parenthesis for adding additional comments to Apache comments. Their comments are helpful, but sometimes leave out exactly how or why to do something, so I tried to add that back in. The httpd.conf file can now be conveniently reached from the Start menu On installing Apache the last time, I chose to install it in c:/apache, because if you install other packages like MySQL or PHP, this becomes *much* easier!!!! Also, if you change the configuration file while Apache is running, you must restart it (now conveniently included from Start menu). Sometimes this doesn't work on Windows version, so it is easier to stop then restart and be guaranteed that the changes will take affect. Good luck! --Scott Jones ======================== (1) # ServerType is either inetd, or standalone. Inetd mode is only supported on # Unix platforms. ServerType standalone (2) I now install it to /apache for simplicity of using outside packages, like PHP # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's # configuration, error, and log files are kept. # # Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path. # ServerRoot "C:/Apache" (3)Leave these commented #ResourceConfig conf/srm.conf #AccessConfig conf/access.conf (4)Leave these commented # Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or # ports, in addition to the default. See also the <VirtualHost> # directive. # #Listen 3000 #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 (5) I left mine on 80 # Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. Certain firewall # products must be configured before Apache can listen to a specific port. # Other running httpd servers will also interfere with this port. Disable # all firewall, security, and other services if you encounter problems. # To help diagnose problems use the Windows NT command NETSTAT -a # Port 80 (6) # 127.0.0.1 is the TCP/IP local loop-back address, often named localhost. Your # machine always knows itself by this address. If you use Apache strictly for # local testing and development, you may use 127.0.0.1 as the server name. # #ServerName new.host.name ServerName 127.0.0.1 (7)You culd leave this pointing to the default and dump your html there or... # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. # #DocumentRoot "C:/Apache/htdocs" DocumentRoot "C:/my-own-web-stuff/www" (8)Very important to set this to same as above # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to. # #<Directory "C:/Apache/htdocs"> <Directory "C:/my-own-web-stuff/www"> (9) I added permission for ssi (.shtml stuff) and executable cgi # This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes", # "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews". # # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All" # doesn't give it to you. # # Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI MultiViews (10)This sets which file and extension is run by default if only a folder ()))name is give (like http://127.0.0.1/), the order is relevant ()))This example includes everything for experimental purposes # DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML # directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces. # <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.php index.r </IfModule> (11) You will hear differences of opinions on this one!!! Here is what I do: # Each mechanism has it's own specific security weaknesses, from the means # to run a program you didn't intend the website owner to invoke, and the # best method is a matter of great debate. # # To enable the this Windows specific behavior (and therefore -disable- the # equivilant Unix behavior), uncomment the following directive: # #ScriptInterpreterSource registry # # The directive above can be placed in individual <Directory> blocks or the # .htaccess file, with either the 'registry' (Windows behavior) or 'script' # (Unix behavior) option, and will override this server default option. (12) Must be set to where ever you will place your scripts # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that # documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client. # The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as to # Alias. # #ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Apache/cgi-bin/" ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/my-own-web-stuff/www/cgi-bin/" (13) BTW, I always comment out defaults so I can remember the defaults!! ())) Notice lack of trailing "/" and I added ExecCGI here also # "C:/Apache/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. # #<Directory "C:/Apache/cgi-bin"> # AllowOverride None # Options None # Order allow,deny # Allow from all #</Directory> <Directory "C:/my-own-web-stuff/www/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> (14) I throw this example in to show how to set up an alias ())) Notice that the directory is different than above, but ())) html docs in this directory will be reached by ())) http://127.0.0.1/manual/ Does this make sense??? Alias /manual "C:/Apache/htdocs/manual" <Directory "C:/Apache/htdocs/manual"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> (15))) Large gap - by the way I notice .hu is not included??? (16))) I also have left out all of my PHP stuff (17) You will get different opinions on this one. ())) For home experimentation, it doesn't really matter except ())) to be sure you include your script file ending, .r in this case ())) since you did not choose to let Windows Registry handle the association above # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers", # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server # or added with the Action command (see below) # # If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside # ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines. # # To use CGI scripts: # AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AddHandler cgi-script .r (18) Not really important for REBOL, but I uncommented for .shtml support # To use server-parsed HTML files # #AddType text/html .shtml #AddHandler server-parsed .shtml AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml (19) I now do not remember why I included the following (must be the ())) prion disease creeping up on me ;-) ())) I believe that this allowed me to set up a folder that ran every ())) page as a rebol script. This can be safely ignored. If you ())) are really curious, I can dig out why I did this.... # End of browser customization directives <Location /local> ForceType application/x-httpd-r </Location> (20) Geza, I believe that that is all that is relavent.

Hi, again, Geza, By the way, I forgot to mention in the configuration email I sent earlier (which will probably show up after this one because of the email list server software) that it is helpful Be sure and add the following first line to your scripts: #!c:/path/to/rebol/rebol --cgi --secure or just #!c:/path/to/rebol/rebol -cs It is very helpful to place: print "Content-Type: text/html^/" very early in the script. If there is an error, it will allow the error information to be printed! Here is a very simple first script to try to be sure everything is working. Place this script in the cgi-bin directory and call it time.r. #!c:/path/to/rebol/rebol -cs REBOL [Title: "Time"] print "Content-Type: text/html^/" print ["The time is now" now/time] Be sure to start Apache, then in a browser, type: http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/time.r Good luck! --Scott Jones

Hi Scott, Geza,

> I went through my httpd.conf file to find anything relevant. I placed my > comments in parenthesis for adding additional comments to Apache comments. > Their comments are helpful, but sometimes leave out exactly how or why to

> something, so I tried to add that back in. The httpd.conf file can now be > conveniently reached from the Start menu <snip>

From: Colin

> I installed Apache (1.3.19 running under Win/98), and made just the two > changes that Andrew suggests in "Rebol: The Official Guide". Apache hasn't > skipped beat since. His changes are: ...

Hi Scott,

> > I installed Apache (1.3.19 running under Win/98), and made just the two > > changes that Andrew suggests in "Rebol: The Official Guide". Apache

> > skipped beat since. His changes are: ... > > It is good to know that it can be just that simple. Thanks to you and

> --Scott Jones

On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 05:02:53PM +0200, [geza67--freestart--hu] wrote:

> Hello REBOLlion ! > I played a hard time to test REBOL CGI scripts under Win95: After trying several CGI-able free Web-servers, > P.S. Maybe I should put a mini-Linux distribution on my PC and hack with the loads of configuration options of the > Apache executable just this minimalist sake ?

> Add a new string value to: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3Svc\Parameters\Scri > [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes.

Hi Tim, Scott and Kenneth !

> I went through my httpd.conf file to find anything relevant. I placed my

> Hello Geza: What follows is directions for configuring PWS as worked for my on Windows > NT 4.0. If you have win95 (as opposed to win98) you will have to get PWS from the

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 06:10:32PM +0200, [geza67--freestart--hu] wrote:

> Hi Tim, Scott and Kenneth ! > > I went through my httpd.conf file to find anything relevant. I placed my > reside even in a WinXX distribution :-) > Thank you, Tim - I feel really happy about this! :-)

> Cheers! > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes.