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Web server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: CGI: How to run CGI programs?

Jan 15th, 2007 14:14
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 15 January 2021 - 10:57 pm --------------------
Web server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: CGI: How to run CGI 
programs?
Create a virtual directory,
and enable run script.
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Steps: Overview:
 1. -Start Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) administration
     1. -E.g. run the command
          "%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc"
 2. -Expand in the left pane 'Default web site'
 3. -Right click
 4. -Select from list 'New'
 5. -Select from list 'Virtual directory'
 6. -Click button 'Next'
 7. -Choose an alias
     1. -E.g.
          cgi-bin
 8. -Browse to the directory where you want to
     create that cgi-bin (if it does not exist,
     create that directory first)
     1. -E.g.
          c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
 9. -Make sure this checkbox is enabled
     'Execute (such as ISAPI applications or CGI)'
10. -Click button 'Finish'
11. -Copy your cgi files to that directory
     1. -E.g.
          copy *.* c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
     1. -E.g.
          copy input.exe output.exe c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
12. -Possibly start Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
     1. -E.g.
         1. -Right click on 'Default web site'
         2. -Select from list 'Start'
     2. -Note:
         Make sure no other web servers run on port 80
         (possibly stop that process (e.g. 'tiny.exe' or 'apache')
          via Microsoft task manager)
13. -Open your browser
14. -Type the URL
      http://<your web server machine name>/cgi-bin/<your cgi filename>
     1. -E.g.
          http://localhost/cgi-bin/input.exe
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Tested successfully on
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (service pack 2),
running
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) v6.x
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Internet: see also:
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BBCBASIC: Windows: CGI: Link: Can you give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/43627/fid/768
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