[SOLVED] Brook, Linux and apache2
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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iru · 2014-09-05 01:46

Gentlefolk,

Environment: Mint 17 Linux, FPC 2.6.4, LAZ 1.2.4, Brook 3.0,
Apache2.4.7, FireFox 28.0.

Accessing /var/www/html/index.html via FireFox (localhost/index.html)
works correctly. Page displayed.

Using the "demo/chat" project.

Chat compiles clean. Save the executable "chat.bf" in /var/www/html.
Permissions let everybody get at the file.

When I access "chat.bf" in FireFox with "localhost/chat.bf" I get a
prompt form asking about saving "chat.bf".
Same result when I use the "Opera" browser.

I have read "wiki.freepascal.org/CGI-Web_Programming,
httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/cgi.html and
wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ and various forum entries on Brook. There is
a FAQ which addresses this "trigger a save window with netscape".
Something to do with a mime type of application/octet-stream or
text/plain violating the HTTP standard.
Tried some of the suggested solutions to the best of my
knowledge/ability. No change.

The "chat.bf" seems OK. If I execute REQUEST_METHOD=GET ./chat.bf I
get the following response
X-Powered-By: Brook framework and FCL-Web.
Status: 302 Found
Content-Type:  text/html; charset=uft-8
Location: /login

Which to me (with limited knowledge) indicates "chat.bf" is OK.

A version of "chat.bf" on the embedded server works OK.

What is the problem? Where do I look? What debug can I invoke?

Any help appreciated, Ian

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iru · 2014-09-05 01:53

Gentlefolk,

Woops, the screen rolled down and I see the forum entry "FCGI
(FastCGI) step by step, using fpweb/fcl-web for Windows/Linux" which
addresses lots of things which may help me.

Some more reading and fiddling.....

Ian

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iru · 2014-09-05 05:56

Gentlefolk,

Worked my way through the forum entry "FCGI (FastCGI) step by step,
using fpweb/fcl-web for Windows/Linux" which addresses lots of things.

Slowly the error messages changed as I changed the apache config:
Apache config errors, internal system errors, end of header, you do
not have permission,............

Realised there are  differences between CGI and FastCGI. Created a
FastCGI project, compiled and saved off the executable.

It works!!!!! No errors or stray "save" forms anywhere.

Ian.

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Leledumbo · 2014-09-05 07:21

CGI should also work in Apache. You just have to configure or check
your current configuration from which directory Apache will execute
CGI. Put it in a wrong dir, and Apache will think you want to download
the file, because of the mimetype.COMPILER