Fixed some documentation on setting up lighttpd

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Jack Miner 2016-02-22 01:12:24 -07:00
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Dependencies
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If you're using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you should have everything you need except
If you're using Xubuntu 14.04 LTS, you should have everything you need except
[LUA](http://lua.org).
$ sudo apt-get install lua5.2 -y
You'll also have to figure out a way to serve up CGI. Here's one way to do it
on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with [lighttpd](https://lighttpd.net) where the contest
is at `/opt/moth/mycontest` accessible by user group `moth`, and the web
server is run as user `www-data`:
on Xubuntu 14.04 LTS with [lighttpd](https://lighttpd.net) where the contest is at `/opt/moth/mycontest`:
First, make sure your web server can access the contest files:
First, install lighttpd and backup the configuration:
$ sudo usermod -a -G moth www-data
Next, install lighttpd and backup the configuration:
$ sudo apt-get install lighttpd
$ sudo apt-get install lighttpd -y
$ cp /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.orig
Add an entry for your contest to your `/etc/hosts`:
Add `mod_cgi` to the `ServerModules` section, an alias, and CGI handling to `/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf`:
127.0.0.1 mycontest
Add a virtual host entry to `/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf`:
$HTTP["host"] == "mycontest" {
server.document-root = "/opt/moth/mycontest/www"
cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "/usr/bin/lua" )
alias.url = ("/moth" => "/opt/moth/mycontest/www")
$HTTP["url"] =~ "/moth/" {
cgi.assign = (".cgi" => "/usr/bin/lua")
}
Finally, restart your server:
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* Stopping web server lighttpd [ OK ]
* Starting web server lighttpd [ OK ]
Your server should now be serving up the contest!
How to set it up
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