# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1121721087 0
# Node ID 36a5c6bc9dfaed7cf2962822c99950cb05f9128d
# Parent  41069a3b33e3f9d00474e55f59b9f78f0b777922
[project @ 2005-07-18 21:11:27 by paulb]
Added notes about lighttpd to the CGI documentation.

diff -r 41069a3b33e3 -r 36a5c6bc9dfa docs/CGI/NOTES.txt
--- a/docs/CGI/NOTES.txt	Mon Jul 18 21:11:10 2005 +0000
+++ b/docs/CGI/NOTES.txt	Mon Jul 18 21:11:27 2005 +0000
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 =====================
 
 To configure applications for AOLserver, edit the server's configuration file
-(eg. config.tcl) so that the following definitions are present in the "CGI
-interface" section:
+(eg. config.tcl) so that definitions similar to the following are present in
+the "CGI interface" section:
 
 ns_section "ns/server/${servername}/module/nscgi"
 ns_param   map "GET  /cgi /home/paulb/Software/Python/WebStack/examples/CGI" ;# CGI script file dir (GET).
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@
 More advanced configuration of AOLserver to expose "cleaner" names for
 application resources is not covered here.
 
+Configuring lighttpd
+====================
+
+To configure applications for lighttpd, edit the server's configuration file
+(eg. lighttpd.conf) so that definitions similar to the following are present:
+
+alias.url = ( "/cgi/" => "/home/paulb/Software/Python/WebStack/examples/CGI/" )
+cgi.assign = ( ".py" => "" )
+
+The latter line assumes that the permissions of the handler programs (eg.
+SimpleHandler.py) are set correctly and that the first line of the programs
+declares the Python runtime's whereabouts; for example:
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+To associate a specific Python runtime executable with the .py suffix, use a
+line like the following instead:
+
+cgi.assign = ( ".py" => "/usr/bin/python" )
+
+More advanced configuration of lighttpd to expose "cleaner" names for
+application resources is not covered here.
+
 Session Storage with CGI
 ========================