Run cgi scripts on nginx

[dmmcintyre3]

Note: This assumes you used my CentOS 5 nginx installer script

First, install thttpd.

Code:

yum -y install thttpd

Next, install the config files.

/etc/thttpd.conf:

Code:

# BEWARE : No empty lines are allowed!
# This section overrides defaults
dir=/var/www/
#chroot
user=apache       # default = nobody
logfile=/var/log/thttpd.log
pidfile=/var/run/thttpd.pid
port=85
novhost
cgipat=**.cgi
host=127.0.0.1

Add to the end of /etc/nginx/php:

Code:

location ~ .*\.(cgi)?$ {
          proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:85/$server_name$uri;
          }

Restart nginx and enable thttpd:

Code:

service nginx restart; chkconfig thttpd on; service thttpd start

[Infinity]

Oh, I've always wanted something like this!

[f8ll]

An alternative is Fcgiwrap, http://wiki.nginx.org/Fcgiwrap , which is generally what most people use for CGI on nginx.

Another is http://wiki.nginx.org/SimpleCGI , but that is more of a hack.

Choose whatever works best for you.

[Infinity]

I tried FCGI Wrap, but I couldn't get it running properly.

Never heard of SimpleCGI.