Re: binary cgi mess ( repost )
Hi, This is the config I have for nagios on one of my servers. I also have mod_perl working so there should be no problem with the two together. (My directory paths are different to yours but the principle is the same) ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/local/nagios/sbin/ Directory /usr/local/nagios/sbin/ AllowOverride AuthConfig Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow from all /Directory Alias /nagios/ /usr/local/nagios/share/ Directory /usr/local/nagios/share Options None AllowOverride AuthConfig Order allow,deny Allow from all /Directory Regards, Abdul-Wahid On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 09:58, Francesc Guasch wrote: I posted this, I received a couple of answers but the problem is still unsolved. I have a mod_perl server and I need to add a cgi application outside mod_perl, nagios. I followed the guide and when I try to use the cgis, the binary files are displayed instead of executed. I tried the same in another apache server without Mason and it worked well. So I think something of my config must be messing it. I made sure the mason handler wasn't in the middle. I added a debugging line in the very beginning of it. I added this to the config file, suggested by Abdul-Wahid AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Then he the binary wasn't displayed in the browser, but downloaded. ( A save dialog was showed ). Here is the config for apache: AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/nagios/cgi/ Location /nagios/cgi-bin Options ExecCGI /Location Directory /usr/lib/nagios/cgi/ AllowOverride AuthConfig Options ExecCGI order deny,allow deny from all allow from ip_removed /Directory Alias /nagios/ /usr/share/nagios/ Directory /usr/share/nagios/ AllowOverride AuthConfig Options None order deny,allow deny from all allow from ip_removed /Directory use Apache::AuthDBI; any hints ? Thank you for your time. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: binary cgi mess
Hi, Shouldn't it be AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Regards, Abdul-Wahid On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 10:53, Francesc Guasch wrote: I have a mod_perl server and I need to add a cgi application outside mod_perl, nagios. I followed the guide and when I try to use the cgis, the binary files are downloaded instead of executed. I tried the same in another apache server without Mason and it worked well. So I think something of my config must be messing it. I made sure the mason handler wasn't in the middle. I added a debugging line in the very beginning of it. Here is the nagios config for apache: AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/nagios/cgi/ Location /nagios/cgi-bin Options ExecCGI /Location Directory /usr/lib/nagios/cgi/ AllowOverride AuthConfig Options ExecCGI order deny,allow deny from all allow from ip_removed /Directory Alias /nagios/ /usr/share/nagios/ Directory /usr/share/nagios/ AllowOverride AuthConfig Options None order deny,allow deny from all allow from ip_removed /Directory use Apache::AuthDBI; any hints ? Thank you for your time. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: how to make an Alias?
Hi, Alias /cctvimages/ /home/me/images/ Should do it. Regards, Abdul-Wahid On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 18:35, mel awaisi wrote: Hi list How do i make an alias on my webserver? i have images on my machine located in /home/me/images/. i would like to be able to access them on /home/httpd/htdocs/ i have tried this: Alias /home/me/images/ /home/httpd/htdocs/cctvimages/ i have mkdir cctvimages in /home/http/htdocs/cctvimages Regards, Mel P.S. i have Apache 1.3.27 _ Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
cookie authenticated caching proxy
Hi, I am still pretty new to mod_perl and have only really dabbled with a few small applications that I created. I am now looking to build something quite specific and was wondering if anyones know of anything similar to what I want to do so or whether they have any pointers as to mod_perl's suitability for what I want to do. The scenario: I have a large web-site that is largely database driven. Many of the pages are accessed frequently yet are only modified on average once a day. The site is written in a variety of technologies including PHP and Perl. I wanted to develop a caching proxy that will return a cached page instead of passing control to one of the PHP scripts or Perl scripts that normally generate the pages. The web site is mainly accessed through HTTP GET requests rather than POST requests and the resultant page will be the same each time if given the same GET string. Can I use mod_perl's proxy capabilities to cache the generated contents of the the HTML page made by the PHP script? One extra requirement is that some of the pages need authentication which is cookie based. I would need to check the cookie against a database to see if the caller is authenticated to access the particular page. Has anyone done/seen anything similar implemented in mod_perl? Thanks for your help, Abdul-Wahid signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: cookie authenticated caching proxy
One extra requirement is that some of the pages need authentication which is cookie based. I would need to check the cookie against a database to see if the caller is authenticated to access the particular page. Has anyone done/seen anything similar implemented in mod_perl? That's very easy to do in mod_perl, but you generally do not want to run mod_perl on the proxy server. The idea is to keep the proxy server really small and light. There are various auth modules for apache written in C which you might be able to use. If none of those suit your needs and you don't want to write a C module, you certainly can put mod_perl on the proxy and write what you want in Perl. The only drawback to this is the additional memory that will be needed for that server. In the docs you cited, it says: ProxyPass happens before the authentication phase, so you do not have to worry about authenticating twice. How does this work? I need to check the clients cookie against a database to make sure they have sufficient authorisation to access the cached page. The authentication mechanisms are going to be different depending on whether the page has already been cached. That is, if the page is coming from the dynamic webserver then that webserver is going to create the content and do the authentication/authorisation however for subsequent visitors I need the caching reverse proxy to do the authentication. Could you expand on the steps in the apache process cycle involved here? I can't quite see how this fits together. I would have thought that I would have to write my own authentication module as our authentication system is somewhat custom. I would probably prototype it in mod_perl then if needed re-write it in C. Thanks, Abdul-Wahid signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
