Defining a Site in Actinic

[welshmike]

Hello All.

I am trying to host an actinic site on my company's Fedora Core 6 Linux server. However I get an error. When I use the wizard to set up a connection and site, it gets as far as setting the directory locations. (Logs in and ftps fine). When I confirm the directories and click next I get an error stating an error occured while sending a HTTP request to the server.

Similarly if I run the advanced network setup and click test, I receive a response from the web server ERROR 501 : Method not implemented. After I click ok, another pops up stating my server is not configured to accept POSTs to CGI scripts.

I have defined the location of the cgi-bin directory using the ScriptAlias variable.

Are there any other things I should check?

I am using latest versions of Apache and Perl.

Thanks

Mike

[los_design]

Hello All.

I am trying to host an actinic site on my company's Fedora Core 6 Linux server. However I get an error. When I use the wizard to set up a connection and site, it gets as far as setting the directory locations. (Logs in and ftps fine). When I confirm the directories and click next I get an error stating an error occured while sending a HTTP request to the server.

Similarly if I run the advanced network setup and click test, I receive a response from the web server ERROR 501 : Method not implemented. After I click ok, another pops up stating my server is not configured to accept POSTs to CGI scripts.

I have defined the location of the cgi-bin directory using the ScriptAlias variable.

Are there any other things I should check?

I am using latest versions of Apache and Perl.

Thanks

Mike
Hi Mike

Welcome to the forums....

what are your network settings? (*** the UN and PW before posting please)

Regards

[los_design]

What does this mean?

Mike
Sorry Mike

Export your network settings and post them here making sure you replace the username and password with ****

;)

[welshmike]

Here are my network settings!

Thanks


HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST
WEBSITEURL http://www.welshaspie.co.uk/
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP true
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT false
FTPMAXRETRIES 3
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED false
SMTPUSERNAME
SMTPPASSWORD
CATALOGURL http://www.welshaspie.co.uk/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.welshaspie.co.uk/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../welshaspie/acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST welshaspie.co.uk
FTPUSERNAME *****
FTPPASSWORD *****
PATHTOCGIBIN cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP false
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../welshaspie/acatalog/

[los_design]

PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../welshaspie/acatalog/
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../welshaspie/acatalog/

Try with the first one of the two as ../acatalog/

and the second on /ROOT_FOLDER_NAME/acatalog

hth

[welshmike]

I take it you mean the document root when you say /ROOT_FOLDER_NAME/ ?

Sorry I am new to all of this even Linux lol.

[welshmike]

The folder structure is as follows

/var/www/html/public_html/welshaspie/acatolog

and the cgi-bin is

/var/www/html/public_html/cgi-bin

I tried what you suggested, unfortunately it returned the same results.

[los_design]

I take it you mean the document root when you say /ROOT_FOLDER_NAME/ ?

Sorry I am new to all of this even Linux lol.
Yup

the folder where all your public viewable folders live...not the domain name.
eg on our servers it is

/documents/
on others I have seen /httpdocs/ or /www/ etc

HTH

[welshmike]

Would it be beneficial if I forwarded my httpd.conf?

[welshmike]

Just clicked this link

CGIBINURL http://www.welshaspie.co.uk/cgi-bin/

says I dont have permission to access, could this be the root to my problems?


Sorry I'm rambling now. lol

[los_design]

Just clicked this link

CGIBINURL http://www.welshaspie.co.uk/cgi-bin/

says I dont have permission to access, could this be the root to my problems?


Sorry I'm rambling now. lol
Nope

cgi-bin is not similar to viewing an image folder for example. It is where your store engine lives (or similar ) and as such they are called via relevant script commands within the web pages

tried to make is as simple as possible...not I have confused myself :cool:

BTW your conf. file is not needed...

[welshmike]

Additionally I have set virtual hosts, would this cause some confusion at all?

[welshmike]

Hi.

Have restructured the folders so the cgi-bin is on the same level as client folders.

[gabrielcrowe]

an error occured while sending a HTTP request to the server

odd error this one. and i had an odd solution when i built a server here. might help you too.

try making an index.html file in the server root.

this error occurs for those people who ahve nothing at all in the html root.

[welshmike]

Thanks for the suggestion unfortunately it didn't work.

[welshmike]

Your web server is not configured to accept POSTs to CGI scripts.

How can I make sure it's configured to accept POSTs?

As I have virtual hosts setup would I need to set a ScriptAlias for each virtual host?

[welshmike]

Ok now, this is weird.

Have uploaded with less errors (in upload process than before) and the site seems to be functioning!!

But when I test the connection, it still says I cant respond to POSTs.

[welshmike]

Oops. Getting POST error on download too.

I'm pretty confident this is somehow a Linux problem.

[welshmike]

Have actinic support looking into this problem currently.

Will post any findings in case it will help future users.

[welshmike]

Hi there,

Does anybody know of an existing checklist of a server setup? Things I should be checking to ensure it will run properly?

Mike (Pulling his hair out)...

[wjcampbe]

There are server setup instructions in the Advanced User Guide...

[welshmike]

Thanks.

The specific requirements for Actinic to run successfully are as follows:
1. A UNIX or Windows NT system running a web server.
2. The web server must support POSTs and GETs to CGI scripts implemented in Perl
3. Perl 5.004 or greater must be installed on the server

What I really need to know, is how to get number 2 working. Check out the site www.welshaspie.co.uk all the mechanics work fine.

Everywhere I look, documents say to make sure POSTs are supported, but I can't find anywhere that says what to do to :-

A : Find out if they are supported/meant to be supported on Fedora Core, or

B : To turn them on, if in fact possible.

I am running Perl v. 5.8.8-10

I probably dont deserve any help for being so thick.

Mike.

[welshmike]

Hi again,

I was wondering if the router settings such as UPnP could be effecting this?

Thanks

[Bruce]

Mike,

If you read page 153 of the Advanced Users Guide you will see examples of how to create the 'cgi-bin perl association' by assigning the appropriate 'GET, HEAD, POST' verbs.

Kind regards,

[Darren B]

Mike,

If you read page 153 of the Advanced Users Guide you will see examples of how to create the 'cgi-bin perl association' by assigning the appropriate 'GET, HEAD, POST' verbs.

Kind regards,

Bruce do not know what AUG you have but page 153 is no good for linux servers?

[Bruce]

Darren,

That specific bit is for IIS servers, but the assigning of values/verbs to the .pl or .cgi script is not very different. This bit is best done by the hosting company unless the person doing it knows what they are doing. I am sure I could get some *nix related info if I googled it but....

Kind regards,

[Darren B]

Darren,

That specific bit is for IIS servers, but the assigning of values/verbs to the .pl or .cgi script is not very different. This bit is best done by the hosting company unless the person doing it knows what they are doing. I am sure I could get some *nix related info if I googled it but....

Kind regards,

I understand but was not sure if you missed it that was all;)

[welshmike]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the further suggestions, I have solved the problem. And in true forum support fashion I shall tell you how I did it. I am using VSFTP on my linux server, and by default ASCII uploads are disabled. I enabled this and ét voila. Functioning! I hope this helps many others!

Thanks for your support, I shall pop in from time to time.

Mike..

[Bruce]

Thank you Mike, much appreciated.

Kind regards,