Ubuntu Apache can't access cgi-bin folder

Question

I created a droplet on DigitalOcean but can not run the python scripts in cgi-bin folder. I tried

sudo a2enmod cgi
chmod a+rwx cgi-bin

Also give chmod 755 to files but It did not work. When I try to acces cgi-bin folder it gives Forbidden error and says You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/ on this server. Can any one help?

My config file

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/test/cgi-bin/"
    <Directory /var/www/test/cgi-bin/>
            AllowOverride All
            Options ExecCGI
            AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .tcl .py
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>

    <Directory "/var/www/test/">
            AllowOverride All
            Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
            Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/test"

</VirtualHost>

Also I created a test python file in document root and when I opened it, it behaves like a text file.

Answer 1

You can try adding the following lines to your httpd.conf or you web-server config file

<Files ~ "\.(py|cgi)$">
    SetHandler python-script
    Options +ExecCGI
</Files>

See Also : mod-python