在浏览器上运行python CGI脚本，生成脚本代码（预期输出）

Question

I am trying to run a small CGI script but it is showing script code on browser not the HTML. I am running Apache server and it's configured as per the requirement.

DocumentRoot "/home/user/htdocs"
<Directory "/home/user/htdocs">

   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   Options +ExecCGI
   AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
   AllowOverride None
   Require all granted
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/user/cgi-bin/

I have put the script in cgi-bin directory and given it executable permission( chmod 755) but it still not working.

What is it which i am missing ?

Answer 1

The problem is that you have not told Apache that your are allowed to run CGI scripts in your CGI folder. Basically what your settings for the /home/user/cgi-bin folder, Debian have this as default in their installation (I changed the path though):

<Directory "/home/user/cgi-bin">
  AllowOverride None
  Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>