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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_cgi</h1>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Execution of CGI scripts</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>cgi_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_cgi.c</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>
<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
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code> directive, or by being
in a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>
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
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> 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>
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<div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
<ul id="topics">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#env">CGI Environment variables</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgi-debug">CGI Debugging</a></li>
</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgiscripttimeout">CGIScriptTimeout</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptlog">ScriptLog</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptlogbuffer">ScriptLogBuffer</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptloglength">ScriptLogLength</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_cgi">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_cgi">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
<ul class="seealso">
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code> ExecCGI</li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../suexec.html">Running CGI programs under different
user IDs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI Specification</a></li>
<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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<h2><a name="env" id="env">CGI Environment variables</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#env" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<p>The server will set the CGI environment variables as described
in the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875">CGI specification</a>,
with the following provisions:</p>
<dl>
<dt>PATH_INFO</dt>
<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
<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>
/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 <code class="directive">AcceptPathInfo</code> directive has the same effect as setting
it <code>On</code> for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> requests.</dd>
<dt>REMOTE_HOST</dt>
<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
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 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ident.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</a></code> 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>
<p>This module also leverages the core functions
<a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/httpd/trunk/doxygen/group__APACHE__CORE__SCRIPT.html#ga0e81f9571a8a73f5da0e89e1f46d34b1">ap_add_common_vars</a> and
<a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/httpd/trunk/doxygen/group__APACHE__CORE__SCRIPT.html#ga6b975cd7ff27a338cb8752381a4cc14f">ap_add_cgi_vars</a>
to add environment variables like:</p>
<dl>
<dt>DOCUMENT_ROOT</dt>
<dd>Set with the content of the related <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> directive.</dd>
<dt>SERVER_NAME</dt>
<dd>The fully qualified domain name related to the request.</dd>
<dt>SERVER_ADDR</dt>
<dd>The IP address of the Virtual Host serving the request.</dd>
<dt>SERVER_ADMIN</dt>
<dd>Set with the content of the related <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serveradmin">ServerAdmin</a></code> directive.</dd>
</dl>
<p>For an exhaustive list it is suggested to write a basic CGI script
that dumps all the environment variables passed by Apache in a convenient format.
</p>
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<h2><a name="cgi-debug" id="cgi-debug">CGI Debugging</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#cgi-debug" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<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>
<h3>CGI Logfile Format</h3>
<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>
<div class="example"><p><code>
%% [<var>time</var>] <var>request-line</var><br />
%% <var>HTTP-status</var> <var>CGI-script-filename</var>
</code></p></div>
<p>If the error is that CGI script cannot be run, the log file
will contain an extra two lines:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
%%error<br />
<var>error-message</var>
</code></p></div>
<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>
<div class="example"><p><code>
%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 />
</code></p></div>
<p>(The %stdout and %stderr parts may be missing if the script did
not output anything on standard output or standard error).</p>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CGIScriptTimeout" id="CGIScriptTimeout">CGIScriptTimeout</a> <a name="cgiscripttimeout" id="cgiscripttimeout">Directive</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#cgiscripttimeout" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The length of time to wait for more output from the
CGI program</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CGIScriptTimeout <var>time</var>[s|ms]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>value of <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#timeout">Timeout</a></code> directive when
unset</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cgi</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive limits the length of time to wait for more output from
the CGI program. If the time is exceeded, the request and CGI are
terminated.</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">CGIScriptTimeout 20</pre>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLog" id="ScriptLog">ScriptLog</a> <a name="scriptlog" id="scriptlog">Directive</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#scriptlog" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Location of the CGI script error logfile</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLog <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<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>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ScriptLog</code> directive sets the CGI
script error logfile. If no <code class="directive">ScriptLog</code> 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 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.
</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptLog logs/cgi_log</pre>
</div>
<p>This log will be opened as the user the child processes run
as, <em>i.e.</em> the user specified in the main <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_unixd.html#user">User</a></code> 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>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLogBuffer" id="ScriptLogBuffer">ScriptLogBuffer</a> <a name="scriptlogbuffer" id="scriptlogbuffer">Directive</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#scriptlogbuffer" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maximum amount of PUT or POST requests that will be recorded
in the scriptlog</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogBuffer <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogBuffer 1024</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<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>
</table>
<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>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptLogLength" id="ScriptLogLength">ScriptLogLength</a> <a name="scriptloglength" id="scriptloglength">Directive</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#scriptloglength" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Size limit of the CGI script logfile</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogLength <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptLogLength 10385760</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<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>
</table>
<p><code class="directive">ScriptLogLength</code> 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>
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