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- Frank Jüdes <Frank.Juedes at linux4specialists.com>
@ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:59 -0400
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Hi everybody,
i am not sure if the author of the Molly-Brown server is reading this
list, i tried to sign up on tildegit.org, but they won't accept my
e-mail address there. I have created a perl-package to make the
development of CGI programs for the gemini-space somewhat easier for
perl-programmers, especially the handling of multiple parameters can be
handled fully transparent for the application.
But that mechanism is based on the SCRIPT_NAME cgi-variable!
I started on my soon-to-be production server with an installation of the
/JetForce-server/ and a CGI-program will find this (example) environment
there, the important variables for cgi-programs are marked in bold:
GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1
PWD=/opt/jetforce
REMOTE_ADDR=184.14.157.147
REMOTE_HOST=184.14.157.147
SERVER_NAME=h2903872.stratoserver.net
SERVER_PORT=1965
SERVER_PROTOCOL=GEMINI
SERVER_SOFTWARE=jetforce/0.8.1
SHLVL=1
TLS_CIPHER=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_VERSION=TLSv1.3
On my development-VM i wasn't able to install JetForce (only python 3.6
is available and 3.7 is required!) so i decided to go with another
software, the Molly-Brown server, so i would also be able to test for
compatibility issues. Compared to ththe environment above, Molly
literally starves CGI programs:
GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1
PWD=/home/gemini/molly-brown
REMOTE_ADDR=10.10.10.1
REQUEST_METHOD=
SERVER_NAME=ffappsdev.solarsystem.space
SERVER_PORT=1965
SERVER_PROTOCOL=GEMINI
SERVER_SOFTWARE=MOLLY_BROWN
SHLVL=1
The super-duper important variable /SCRIPT_NAME/ is missing. As a
workaround, i am using the /SCRIPT_PATH/ but that works only as long as
the the cgi-directory is named /cgi-bin/ which is sub-optimal,
especially because Molly-Brown supports multiple cgi-directories!
Is the Molly-Brown server still actively developed or am i riding a dead
horse here? - The last changes on tildegit.org are ~8 months old…
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Best regards from Charleston (WV),
Frank/2
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