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<modulesynopsis metafile="mod_cgi.xml.meta">
<name>mod_cgi</name>
<description>Execution of CGI scripts</description>
<status>Base</status>
<sourcefile>mod_cgi.c</sourcefile>
<identifier>cgi_module</identifier>
<summary>
<p>Any file that has the handler
<code>cgi-script</code> will be treated
as a CGI script, and run by the server, with its output being
returned to the client. Files acquire this handler either by
having a name containing an extension defined by the
<directive module="mod_mime">AddHandler</directive> directive, or by being
in a <directive module="mod_alias">ScriptAlias</directive>
directory.</p>
<p>For an introduction to using CGI scripts with Apache, see
our tutorial on <a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content
With CGI</a>.</p>
<p>When using a multi-threaded MPM under unix, the module
<module>mod_cgid</module> should be used in place of
this module. At the user level, the two modules are essentially
identical.</p>
<p>For backward-compatibility, the cgi-script handler will also be activated
for any file with the mime-type <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code>. The
use of the magic mime-type is deprecated.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><directive module="core">AcceptPathInfo</directive></seealso>
<seealso><directive module="core">Options</directive> ExecCGI</seealso>
<seealso><directive module="mod_alias">ScriptAlias</directive></seealso>
<seealso><directive module="mod_mime">AddHandler</directive></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../suexec.html">Running CGI programs under different
user IDs</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/">CGI Specification</a></seealso>
<section id="env"><title>CGI Environment variables</title>
<p>The server will set the CGI environment variables as described
in the <a href="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/">CGI
specification</a>, with the following provisions:</p>
<dl>
<dt>PATH_INFO</dt>
<dd>This will not be available if the <directive module="core"
>AcceptPathInfo</directive> directive is explicitly set to
<code>off</code>. The default behavior, if <directive
>AcceptPathInfo</directive> is not given, is that <module
>mod_cgi</module> will accept path info (trailing <code>
/more/path/info</code> following the script filename in the URI),
while the core server will return a 404 NOT FOUND error for requests
with additional path info. Omitting the <directive
>AcceptPathInfo</directive> directive has the same effect as setting
it <code>On</code> for <module>mod_cgi</module> requests.</dd>
<dt>REMOTE_HOST</dt>
<dd>This will only be set if <directive module="core"
>HostnameLookups</directive> is set to <code>on</code> (it
is off by default), and if a reverse DNS lookup of the accessing
host's address indeed finds a host name.</dd>
<dt>REMOTE_IDENT</dt>
<dd>This will only be set if <directive module="core"
>IdentityCheck</directive> is set to
<code>on</code> and the accessing host supports the ident
protocol. Note that the contents of this variable cannot be
relied upon because it can easily be faked, and if there is a
proxy between the client and the server, it is usually
totally useless.</dd>
<dt>REMOTE_USER</dt>
<dd>This will only be set if the CGI script is subject to
authentication.</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section id="cgi-debug"><title>CGI Debugging</title>
<p>Debugging CGI scripts has traditionally been difficult, mainly
because it has not been possible to study the output (standard
output and error) for scripts which are failing to run
properly. These directives provide more detailed logging of errors
when they occur.</p>
<section><title>CGI Logfile Format</title>
<p>When configured, the CGI error log logs any CGI which does not
execute properly. Each CGI script which fails to operate causes
several lines of information to be logged. The first two lines
are always of the format:</p>
<example>
%% [<var>time</var>] <var>request-line</var><br />
%% <var>HTTP-status</var> <var>CGI-script-filename</var>
</example>
<p>If the error is that CGI script cannot be run, the log file
will contain an extra two lines:</p>
<example>
%%error<br />
<var>error-message</var>
</example>
<p>Alternatively, if the error is the result of the script
returning incorrect header information (often due to a bug in
the script), the following information is logged:</p>
<example>
%request<br />
<var>All HTTP request headers received</var><br />
<var>POST or PUT entity (if any)</var><br />
%response<br />
<var>All headers output by the CGI script</var><br />
%stdout<br />
<var>CGI standard output</var><br />
%stderr<br />
<var>CGI standard error</var><br />
</example>
<p>(The %stdout and %stderr parts may be missing if the script did
not output anything on standard output or standard error).</p>
</section>
</section>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ScriptLog</name>
<description>Location of the CGI script error logfile</description>
<syntax>ScriptLog <var>file-path</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
<modulelist><module>mod_cgi</module><module>mod_cgid</module>
</modulelist>
<usage>
<p>The <directive>ScriptLog</directive> directive sets the CGI
script error logfile. If no <directive>ScriptLog</directive> is given,
no error log is created. If given, any CGI errors are logged into the
filename given as argument. If this is a relative file or path it is
taken relative to the <directive module="core">ServerRoot</directive>.
</p>
<example><title>Example</title>
ScriptLog logs/cgi_log
</example>
<p>This log will be opened as the user the child processes run
as, <em>i.e.</em> the user specified in the main <directive
module="mod_unixd">User</directive> directive. This means that
either the directory the script log is in needs to be writable
by that user or the file needs to be manually created and set
to be writable by that user. If you place the script log in
your main logs directory, do <strong>NOT</strong> change the
directory permissions to make it writable by the user the child
processes run as.</p>
<p>Note that script logging is meant to be a debugging feature
when writing CGI scripts, and is not meant to be activated
continuously on running servers. It is not optimized for speed
or efficiency, and may have security problems if used in a
manner other than that for which it was designed.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ScriptLogLength</name>
<description>Size limit of the CGI script logfile</description>
<syntax>ScriptLogLength <var>bytes</var></syntax>
<default>ScriptLogLength 10385760</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
<modulelist><module>mod_cgi</module><module>mod_cgid</module>
</modulelist>
<usage>
<p><directive>ScriptLogLength</directive> can be used to limit the
size of the CGI script logfile. Since the logfile logs a lot of
information per CGI error (all request headers, all script output)
it can grow to be a big file. To prevent problems due to unbounded
growth, this directive can be used to set an maximum file-size for
the CGI logfile. If the file exceeds this size, no more
information will be written to it.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ScriptLogBuffer</name>
<description>Maximum amount of PUT or POST requests that will be recorded
in the scriptlog</description>
<syntax>ScriptLogBuffer <var>bytes</var></syntax>
<default>ScriptLogBuffer 1024</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
<modulelist><module>mod_cgi</module><module>mod_cgid</module>
</modulelist>
<usage>
<p>The size of any PUT or POST entity body that is logged to
the file is limited, to prevent the log file growing too big
too quickly if large bodies are being received. By default, up
to 1024 bytes are logged, but this can be changed with this
directive.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
</modulesynopsis>
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