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    35  <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Execution of CGI scripts</td></tr>
    36  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
    37  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>cgi_module</td></tr>
    38  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_cgi.c</td></tr></table>
    39  <h3>Summary</h3>
    40  
    41      
    42  
    43      <p>Any file that has the handler
    44      <code>cgi-script</code> will be treated
    45      as a CGI script, and run by the server, with its output being
    46      returned to the client. Files acquire this handler either by
    47      having a name containing an extension defined by the
    48      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code> directive, or by being
    49      in a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>
    50      directory.</p>
    51  
    52      <p>For an introduction to using CGI scripts with Apache, see
    53      our tutorial on <a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content
    54      With CGI</a>.</p>
    55  
    56      <p>When using a multi-threaded MPM under unix, the module
    57      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> should be used in place of
    58      this module. At the user level, the two modules are essentially
    59      identical.</p>
    60      
    61      <p>For backward-compatibility, the cgi-script handler will also be activated
    62      for any file with the mime-type <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code>. The
    63      use of the magic mime-type is deprecated.</p>
    64  </div>
    65  <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
    66  <ul id="topics">
    67  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#env">CGI Environment variables</a></li>
    68  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgi-debug">CGI Debugging</a></li>
    69  </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
    70  <ul id="toc">
    71  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptlog">ScriptLog</a></li>
    72  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptlogbuffer">ScriptLogBuffer</a></li>
    73  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptloglength">ScriptLogLength</a></li>
    74  </ul>
    75  <h3>See also</h3>
    76  <ul class="seealso">
    77  <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
    78  <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li>
    79  <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code></li>
    80  <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
    81  <li><a href="../suexec.html">Running CGI programs under different
    82      user IDs</a></li>
    83  <li><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI Specification</a></li>
    84  </ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
    85  <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
    86  <div class="section">
    87  <h2><a name="env" id="env">CGI Environment variables</a></h2>
    88      <p>The server will set the CGI environment variables as described
    89      in the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI
    90      specification</a>, with the following provisions:</p>
    91  
    92      <dl>
    93        <dt>PATH_INFO</dt>
    94  
    95        <dd>This will not be available if the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code> directive is explicitly set to
    96        <code>off</code>.  The default behavior, if <code class="directive">AcceptPathInfo</code> is not given, is that <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> will accept path info (trailing <code>
    97        /more/path/info</code> following the script filename in the URI),
    98        while the core server will return a 404 NOT FOUND error for requests
    99        with additional path info. Omitting the <code class="directive">AcceptPathInfo</code> directive has the same effect as setting
   100        it <code>On</code> for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> requests.</dd>
   101  
   102        <dt>REMOTE_HOST</dt>
   103  
   104        <dd>This will only be set if <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#hostnamelookups">HostnameLookups</a></code> is set to <code>on</code> (it
   105        is off by default), and if a reverse DNS lookup of the accessing
   106        host's address indeed finds a host name.</dd>
   107  
   108        <dt>REMOTE_IDENT</dt>
   109  
   110        <dd>This will only be set if <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ident.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</a></code> is set to
   111        <code>on</code> and the accessing host supports the ident
   112        protocol. Note that the contents of this variable cannot be
   113        relied upon because it can easily be faked, and if there is a
   114        proxy between the client and the server, it is usually
   115        totally useless.</dd>
   116  
   117        <dt>REMOTE_USER</dt>
   118  
   119        <dd>This will only be set if the CGI script is subject to
   120        authentication.</dd>
   121  
   122      </dl>
   123      <p>This module also leverages the core functions 
   124         <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/httpd/trunk/doxygen/group__APACHE__CORE__SCRIPT.html#ga0e81f9571a8a73f5da0e89e1f46d34b1">ap_add_common_vars</a> and 
   125         <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/httpd/trunk/doxygen/group__APACHE__CORE__SCRIPT.html#ga6b975cd7ff27a338cb8752381a4cc14f">ap_add_cgi_vars</a> 
   126         to add environment variables like:</p> 
   127         <dl>
   128             <dt>DOCUMENT_ROOT</dt>
   129  
   130             <dd>Set with the content of the related <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> directive.</dd>
   131  
   132             <dt>SERVER_NAME</dt>
   133  
   134             <dd>The fully qualified domain name related to the request.</dd>
   135  
   136             <dt>SERVER_ADDR</dt>
   137  
   138             <dd>The IP address of the Virtual Host serving the request.</dd>
   139  
   140             <dt>SERVER_ADMIN</dt>
   141  
   142             <dd>Set with the content of the related <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serveradmin">ServerAdmin</a></code> directive.</dd>
   143        </dl>
   144      <p>For an exhaustive list it is suggested to write a basic CGI script 
   145         that dumps all the environment variables passed by Apache in a convenient format.
   146      </p>   
   147  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
   148  <div class="section">
   149  <h2><a name="cgi-debug" id="cgi-debug">CGI Debugging</a></h2>
   150      <p>Debugging CGI scripts has traditionally been difficult, mainly
   151      because it has not been possible to study the output (standard
   152      output and error) for scripts which are failing to run
   153      properly. These directives, included in Apache 1.2 and later,
   154      provide more detailed logging of errors when they occur.</p>
   155  
   156      <h3>CGI Logfile Format</h3>
   157        <p>When configured, the CGI error log logs any CGI which does not
   158        execute properly. Each CGI script which fails to operate causes
   159        several lines of information to be logged. The first two lines
   160        are always of the format:</p>
   161  
   162        <div class="example"><p><code>
   163          %% [<var>time</var>] <var>request-line</var><br />
   164          %% <var>HTTP-status</var> <var>CGI-script-filename</var>
   165        </code></p></div>
   166  
   167        <p>If the error is that CGI script cannot be run, the log file
   168        will contain an extra two lines:</p>
   169  
   170        <div class="example"><p><code>
   171          %%error<br />
   172          <var>error-message</var>
   173        </code></p></div>
   174  
   175        <p>Alternatively, if the error is the result of the script
   176        returning incorrect header information (often due to a bug in
   177        the script), the following information is logged:</p>
   178  
   179        <div class="example"><p><code>
   180          %request<br />
   181          <var>All HTTP request headers received</var><br />
   182          <var>POST or PUT entity (if any)</var><br />
   183          %response<br />
   184          <var>All headers output by the CGI script</var><br />
   185          %stdout<br />
   186          <var>CGI standard output</var><br />
   187          %stderr<br />
   188          <var>CGI standard error</var><br />
   189        </code></p></div>
   190  
   191        <p>(The %stdout and %stderr parts may be missing if the script did
   192        not output anything on standard output or standard error).</p>
   193      
   194  </div>
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   196  <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLog" id="ScriptLog">ScriptLog</a> <a name="scriptlog" id="scriptlog">Directive</a></h2>
   197  <table class="directive">
   198  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Location of the CGI script error logfile</td></tr>
   199  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLog <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
   200  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
   201  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
   202  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code></td></tr>
   203  </table>
   204      <p>The <code class="directive">ScriptLog</code> directive sets the CGI
   205      script error logfile. If no <code class="directive">ScriptLog</code> is given,
   206      no error log is created. If given, any CGI errors are logged into the
   207      filename given as argument. If this is a relative file or path it is
   208      taken relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.
   209      </p>
   210  
   211      <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
   212        ScriptLog logs/cgi_log
   213      </code></p></div>
   214  
   215      <p>This log will be opened as the user the child processes run
   216      as, <em>i.e.</em> the user specified in the main <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#user">User</a></code> directive. This means that
   217      either the directory the script log is in needs to be writable
   218      by that user or the file needs to be manually created and set
   219      to be writable by that user. If you place the script log in
   220      your main logs directory, do <strong>NOT</strong> change the
   221      directory permissions to make it writable by the user the child
   222      processes run as.</p>
   223  
   224      <p>Note that script logging is meant to be a debugging feature
   225      when writing CGI scripts, and is not meant to be activated
   226      continuously on running servers. It is not optimized for speed
   227      or efficiency, and may have security problems if used in a
   228      manner other than that for which it was designed.</p>
   229  
   230  </div>
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   232  <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLogBuffer" id="ScriptLogBuffer">ScriptLogBuffer</a> <a name="scriptlogbuffer" id="scriptlogbuffer">Directive</a></h2>
   233  <table class="directive">
   234  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maximum amount of PUT or POST requests that will be recorded
   235  in the scriptlog</td></tr>
   236  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogBuffer <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
   237  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogBuffer 1024</code></td></tr>
   238  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
   239  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
   240  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code></td></tr>
   241  </table>
   242      <p>The size of any PUT or POST entity body that is logged to
   243      the file is limited, to prevent the log file growing too big
   244      too quickly if large bodies are being received. By default, up
   245      to 1024 bytes are logged, but this can be changed with this
   246      directive.</p>
   247  
   248  </div>
   249  <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
   250  <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLogLength" id="ScriptLogLength">ScriptLogLength</a> <a name="scriptloglength" id="scriptloglength">Directive</a></h2>
   251  <table class="directive">
   252  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Size limit of the CGI script logfile</td></tr>
   253  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogLength <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
   254  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogLength 10385760</code></td></tr>
   255  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
   256  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
   257  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code></td></tr>
   258  </table>
   259      <p><code class="directive">ScriptLogLength</code> can be used to limit the
   260      size of the CGI script logfile. Since the logfile logs a lot of
   261      information per CGI error (all request headers, all script output)
   262      it can grow to be a big file. To prevent problems due to unbounded
   263      growth, this directive can be used to set an maximum file-size for
   264      the CGI logfile. If the file exceeds this size, no more
   265      information will be written to it.</p>
   266  
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