Apache2 + eruby problem

Ruby
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I can get Apache2 on Ubuntu Edgy to execute ruby (.rb) files. But I’m
having
trouble getting it to recognize .rhtml files. Here is the
sites-available file.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.site.local:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName www.site.local
ServerAlias site.local
AddHandler cgi-script .rb
AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml
DirectoryIndex index.php
DocumentRoot /var/www/site
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/site/

Options +ExecCGI

ErrorLog /var/www/site/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/site/logs/access.log combined

I installed eruby and have /usr/sbin/eruby in my path. I’m trying to get
a
ruby hit counter embedded in html format files, so I think that I’d need
eruby to do that. If I try opening test.rhtml the browser wants to open
it
as text or download it. Here is test.rhtml:

eruby test

eruby test

<% print "hello world" %>

Can someone explain how to get .rhtml files working with Apache2?

thanks,
Sam

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On 12/20/06, Sam W. [email protected] wrote:

    AddHandler cgi-script .rb

thanks,
Sam

Try searching the archive for eruby apache :wink: For me, it found ~13
threads (not of them useful, though)

Most probably you’ll need to set the mime type and handler for rhtml

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094 is a howto for windows.

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On 12/21/06, Sam W. [email protected] wrote:

Try searching the archive for eruby apache :wink: For me, it found ~13
threads (not of them useful, though)

Most probably you’ll need to set the mime type and handler for rhtml

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094 is a howto for windows.

I’ve done that, but can’t get it to work. Many of these links say add an ‘Action’ line to httpd.conf
but I think that you are not supposed to touch httpd.conf in apache2. I tried adding this line to

at the very and there is a line include /etc/…/* that includes
anything from i-dont-remember-its-name directory found in the
/etc/apache2 So just create a new file, or edit the ‘default’ file
which is the default server’s configuration.

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf but I get this when I try to reload apache2:

$ /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

  • Reloading apache 2.0 configuration… Syntax error on line
    343 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
    Invalid command ‘Action’, perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server
    configuration.

mod_actions - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 says you
need to have the mod_actions module enabled. you can enable it by
symlinking from /etc/apache2/mods.available to /etc/…/mods.enabled
(or something similar, it’s pretty obvious, you’ll figure it out
yourself)

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Try searching the archive for eruby apache :wink: For me, it found ~13
threads (not of them useful, though)

Most probably you’ll need to set the mime type and handler for rhtml

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094 is a howto for windows.

I’ve done that, but can’t get it to work. Many of these links say add an
‘Action’ line to httpd.conf
but I think that you are not supposed to touch httpd.conf in apache2. I
tried adding this line to
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf but I get this when I try to reload apache2:

$ /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

  • Reloading apache 2.0 configuration…
    Syntax error on line
    343 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
    Invalid command ‘Action’, perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not
    included in the server
    configuration.

Eg, the above howto says:

  1. in httpd.conf add:
    AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml

#use your own path to eruby
Action application/x-httpd-eruby “e:/usr/local/bin/eruby.exe”

(I used /usr/bin/eruby)

I’m using Ubuntu edgy linux. Does anyone know how to get eruby working
with this OS?

thanks,
Sam