# Apache2.2 and ruby script

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache2-2-and-ruby-script/73993>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 28, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache2-2-and-ruby-script/73993 "2006-10-28T22:04:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache2-2-and-ruby-script/73993/1 "2006-10-28T22:04:02Z")

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Hi guys,

Before I post the question I already search the forum about how to  
configure apache 2.2( under xp) to run Ruby script. I find one previous  
post and follow it: 1) add line #!c:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe -w at the start  
of the script 2) change the file extension as .cgi 3) add a line  
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl in httpd.conf file. (No problem to run  
the perl script)

####cgi1.cgi

#!c:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe -w  
print “HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n”  
print “Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n”  
print “Hello World!\r\n”

#### 

I can run the script from prompt window and get the following output

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\cgi-bin\>ruby  
cgi1.cgi  
HTTP/1.0 200 OK  
Content-type: text/html

Hello World!

But I can’t run it from the IE browser. How can I fix it?

Thanks,

Li

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache2-2-and-ruby-script/73993/2 "2006-10-28T22:52:00Z")

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Li Chen wrote:

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> But I can’t run it from the IE browser. How can I fix it?

Try this as a first line:

#!C:\Ruby\bin\ruby.exe -w

Remove this line (Apache provides it):

print “HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n”

See if that works.

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache2-2-and-ruby-script/73993/3 "2006-10-29T00:13:36Z")

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Paul L. wrote:

> Try this as a first line:
> 
> #!C:\Ruby\bin\ruby.exe -w
> 
> Remove this line (Apache provides it):
> 
> print “HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n”
> 
> See if that works.

Hi Paul,

After I remove this line

print “HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n”

from my script I can run the script from browser.

Thanks,

Li