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Web server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: CGI: How to run CGI programs?
Jan 15th, 2007 14:14
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 15 January 2007 - 10:57 pm --------------------
Web server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: CGI: How to run CGI
programs?
Create a virtual directory,
and enable run script.
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Start Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) administration
1. -E.g. run the command
"%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc"
2. -Expand in the left pane 'Default web site'
3. -Right click
4. -Select from list 'New'
5. -Select from list 'Virtual directory'
6. -Click button 'Next'
7. -Choose an alias
1. -E.g.
cgi-bin
8. -Browse to the directory where you want to
create that cgi-bin (if it does not exist,
create that directory first)
1. -E.g.
c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
9. -Make sure this checkbox is enabled
'Execute (such as ISAPI applications or CGI)'
10. -Click button 'Finish'
11. -Copy your cgi files to that directory
1. -E.g.
copy *.* c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
1. -E.g.
copy input.exe output.exe c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
12. -Possibly start Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
1. -E.g.
1. -Right click on 'Default web site'
2. -Select from list 'Start'
2. -Note:
Make sure no other web servers run on port 80
(possibly stop that process (e.g. 'tiny.exe' or 'apache')
via Microsoft task manager)
13. -Open your browser
14. -Type the URL
http://<your web server machine name>/cgi-bin/<your cgi filename>
1. -E.g.
http://localhost/cgi-bin/input.exe
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Tested successfully on
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (service pack 2),
running
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) v6.x
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Internet: see also:
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BBCBASIC: Windows: CGI: Link: Can you give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/43627/fid/768
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