Help with installing cgit

[John Keeping]

On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 02:00:56PM +0000, Shlomit Afgin wrote:
> On 12/29/13 2:02 PM, "John Keeping" <john at keeping.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> >[administrivia: please don't top post.]
> >
> >On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:37:00AM +0000, Shlomit Afgin wrote:
> >> On 12/29/13 12:18 PM, "John Keeping" <john at keeping.me.uk> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 08:46:37AM +0000, Shlomit Afgin wrote:
> >> >> I download from http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/refs/  the file
> >> >>cgit-0.9.2.tar.xz
> >> >> I follow the instruction in README:
> >> >>      make get-git
> >> >>      make
> >> >>      make install
> >> >>      Edit Apache conf file and add
> >> >>         <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cgit/">
> >> >>           AllowOverride None
> >> >>           Options +ExecCGI
> >> >>           Order allow,deny
> >> >>           Allow from all
> >> >>         </Directory>
> >> >>      I also add alias:
> >> >>         Alias /cgit  /var/www/htdocs/cgit/
> >> >> 
> >> >> When I go to http://server.domain/cgit I get the following error:
> >> >>     You don't have permission to access /cgit/ on this server
> >> >>     And In the error_log I get:
> >> >>         Directory index forbidden by Options directive:
> >> >>/var/www/htdocs/cgit/
> >> >> I tried to add to 'Options' the +Indexes, So I get the list of the
> >> >> content but the cgit did not work.
> >> >
> >> >The "cgit" program is a CGI executable that you need to run.  Do you
> >> >have "cgit" in /var/www/htdocs/cgit/ ?  If so, what happens if you go
> >>to
> >> >http://your.domain/cgit/cgit ?
> >> >
> >> >I have the following in my Apache config for CGit:
> >> >
> >> >    <Location /cgit>
> >> >            RewriteEngine on
> >> >            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> >> >            RewriteRule ^/var/www/localhost/htdocs/cgit(.*)
> >> >/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi$1 [L,PT]
> >> >    </Location>
> >> >
> >> >This rewrites all requests under /cgit to go to the "cgit" program in
> >> >/cgi-bin/.
> >> 
> >> I have /var/www/htdocs/cgit/cgit.cgi and when I go to
> >> http://server.domain/cgit/cgit.cgi,
> >> It try to open the file (and as where to save it) instead of run it.
> >
> >Do you have a suitable "AddHandler" directive?  The link I gave below
> >has a section on how to use ExecCGI and says you will need something
> >like this:
> >
> >    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
> >
> >> >There is some more information on Apache's CGI support here [1].
> >> >
> >> >[1] http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/cgi.html
> 
> I'm sorry, I did not had the 'Addhandler'.
> Now I get a web page, but when I click on the link I get a regular browse
> of the directory in the web.
> I cannot see the files exist in the repository.

Sorry, I'm not an expert on configuring Apache.  I recommend you read
the CGI tutorial linked above thoroughly.

Do you have CGit's "virtual-root" configuration turned on?  It will
probably be simpler to disable that.