Comments for Quick question about intstallation on linux server w/o cgi

Quick question about intstallation on linux server w/o cgi

2009-07-09T20:07:45Z

First off I love Movabletype..you guys rock. I can't wait to get it operating properly. I see that movable type allows me to create multiple blogs on different domains all within the same root folder which is very powerful.

My question is about installing on a linux server. I do not have a cgi bin folder and from what I read is that you can install the mt-static server within the root, and just change the .htaaccess or http.conf file.

The documentation you have for the linux instructions say to
do this...with the appropriate path...

Options Indexes ExecCGI
"

If my path to my movable type files are http://mywebsite.com/htdocs/mt

should I put the following code in my .htaaccess file?

http://mywebsite.com/htdocs/mt Options Indexes ExecCGI

Or is that wrong?
Is there anything else I need to do to the http.conf file as well?

Thanks

Comment from Mike T on 2009-07-13

2009-07-13T15:17:31Z

If you've got access to http.conf, you should handle everything from there. Htaccess files are loaded every time that a request is made to the directory where they are located.

Comment from Michael on 2009-07-13

2009-07-13T15:22:49Z

Ok. I didn't see any specific documentation about what to do to the http.conf file.

What do I need to include in there?

Comment from Mike T on 2009-07-13

2009-07-13T16:38:41Z

There isn't any Movable Type-specific configuration involved for basic CGI. You just have to follow the Apache documentation on configuring CGI.

Based on a quick Google search, if you create a htaccess file with these parameters, that'll be enough to enable CGI in a single directory:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +ExecCGI