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HTMLDOC 1.8.27 Software Users Manual

Configuring HTMLDOC with Apache

The Apache web server is easily configured to use HTMLDOC. The simplest way is to copy or symlink the htmldoc executable to the configured cgi-bin directory. For example, if your Apache installation is configured to look for CGI programs in the /var/www/cgi-bin directory, the default for Apache on Red Hat Linux, then the command to install HTMLDOC on your web server would be:

    ln -s /usr/bin/htmldoc /var/www/cgi-bin ENTER

If you are using Apache 2.0.30 or higher, you will also need to enable PATH_INFO support by adding the following line to your httpd.conf file:

    AcceptPathInfo On

Apache also allows you to associate CGI programs with a specific extension. If you add the following line to your httpd.conf file:

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

and enable CGI execution with the Options directive for a directory:

    Options +ExecCGI

then you can copy or symlink the htmldoc executable to an alternate location. For example, if you have a web directory called /var/www/htdocs/products, you can install HTMLDOC in this directory with the following command:

    ln -s /usr/bin/htmldoc /var/www/htdocs/products/htmldoc.cgi ENTER