Board:   [fsxNet] Mystic BBS discussion/support
Subject: Re: Mystic HTTP server
From:    Geri Atricks(21:3/235)
Date:    Thu Mar 05, 2026 17:02

 GR> I don't think anything needs to go into the cfg folder. You running mis
 GR> as root?  Do you have access to bind to port 80? Any firewall config to
 GR> mess with?  It just worked for me when I set it up.  You've got "cfg"
 GR> and "www" inside your webroot folder, right?  an index.html file inside
 GR> www (but missing it wouldn't explain the hanging)?

Yes, I've checked all of that.

 GR> That being said, I believe the mystic web server literally just serves
 GR> static web pages.  You may be better off spending some time to set up
 GR> another web server option - nginx, lighttpd, apache, etc.  Then it's
 GR> easy to add a scripting language like php or python. Easy enough since
 GR> you're on linux. That's the way I'm planning to go once I get to that
 GR> step.

I may just go with Apache. I've used in the past and think I can remember how to configure it. Sure didn't have this kind of trouble when I was using the HTTP server in SyncroBBS, but that was under windows. Have not been able to get it working on Linux.

-FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

.... How is it possible to have a civil war?

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