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 ====== Use Apache HTTP Server with Synchronet ====== ====== Use Apache HTTP Server with Synchronet ======
-FIXME+The Apache HTTP Server (httpd) supports dynamic content via external executables called [[wp>CGI]] programs. 
 + 
 +===== MOD_PROXY ===== 
 +Probably the best way to integrate Synchronet behind Apache is to [[http://www.google.com/search?q=apache+mod_proxy+reverse+proxy|configure MOD_PROXY on Apache]] to reverse-proxy calls for .ssjs files to Synchronet's HTTP server running on a different port.  It's worth noting that the current SBBS web interface is setup to use HTTP Authentication, and would need to be adjusted to support a cookie based authentication scheme.  By configuring Apache to use the same directory as SBBS, you can rely on Apache to perform caching and compression of non-dynamic content to be delivered directly. 
 + 
 +===== IIS ===== 
 +[[http://www.roughneckbbs.com/|Roughneck BBS]] is currently using a custom reverse proxy for use with IIS.  You may email the sysop for a copy. 
 + 
 +===== JSexec ===== 
 + 
 +The easiest way to get dynamic Synchronet content (e.g. users, messages, files) served by the Apache HTTP Server is by using [[util:JSexec]] as a CGI program to execute JavaScript (e.g. ''.js'' or ''.ssjs'') files that generate dynamic HTML (on ''stdout''). 
 + 
 +==== CGI JavaScript ==== 
 +JavaScript code that generates dynamic CGI content must first send one or more headers, followed by a blank-line, followed by the actual content (e.g. HTML). 
 + 
 +=== Example === 
 + 
 +As an example, the following generates a very basic one-line header (declaring the content to be plain-text), followed by a blank line, followed by one line of text (the ubiquitous ''Hello, World!''): 
 + 
 +<code javascript> 
 +print("Content-Type: text/plain"); 
 +print(); 
 +print("Hello, world!"); 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +:!: If the content is going to contain HTML, then you would want to declare the ''Content-Type'' to be ''text/html'' instead. 
 + 
 +==== Unix Examples ==== 
 + 
 +For example, to execute the ''[[dir:exec]]/nodelist-html.js'' script to display to a web client a dynamically-generated BBS node list in HTML, create a file named ''nodelist'' in your Apache content ''cgi-bin'' directory containing the following 2 lines: 
 + 
 +<file nodelist> 
 +#!/bin/sh 
 +exec /sbbs/exec/jsexec -c/sbbs/ctrl nodelist-html.js 
 +</file> 
 + 
 +:!: Don't forget to make the file executable: ''chmod a+x nodelist'' 
 + 
 +Now when a web client requests the URL ''%%http://yourbbs.com/cgi-bin/nodelist%%'' from your Apache HTTP Server, they'll get the dynamic Synchronet node-list in HTML. 
 + 
 +Another option is to embed the JavaScript code in the CGI executable file itself. As an example, creating the file ''cgi-bin/test.cgi'' containing the following 4 lines: 
 + 
 +<file test.cgi> 
 +#!/usr/sbin/jsexec -c/sbbs/ctrl 
 +print("Content-Type: text/plain"); 
 +print(); 
 +print("Hello, world!"); 
 +</file> 
 + 
 +:!: Don't forget to make the file executable: ''chmod a+x test.cgi'' 
 + 
 +Now when a web client requests the URL ''%%http://yourbbs.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi%%'' from your Apache HTTP Server, they'll get the "Hello, world!" message. 
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
 +  * [[custom:javascript|JavaScript]]
   * [[util:JSexec]]   * [[util:JSexec]]
   * [[:howto:|HowTo index]]   * [[:howto:|HowTo index]]
 +
 +{{tag>apache http web cgi javascript jsexec unix}}
  

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