giving up on nginx for the moment and just using lighttpd, futzing a bit more with query example

.gitignore

@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 */*.sock
 
 web/nginx.conf
+web/lighttpd.conf
 web/cgiwrap-fcgi.pl
 web/*_temp/*
+web/lighttpd-*/

web/Makefile

@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@ serve: nginx.conf
 	nginx -p $(ROOT)/ -c $(ROOT)/$<
 
 
+serve-lighttpd: lighttpd.conf
+	lighttpd -D -f $(ROOT)/$<
+
+
 nginx.conf: $(ALL_NGINX_CONF_INPUTS)
 	cat $< |  \
 	sed -e 's@__ROOT__@$(ROOT)@g' \
 	    -e 's@__HTTP_PORT__@$(HTTP_PORT)@g' > $@
 
 
+lighttpd.conf: lighttpd.conf.in
+	cat $< |  \
+	sed -e 's@__ROOT__@$(ROOT)@g' \
+	    -e 's@__HTTP_PORT__@$(HTTP_PORT)@g' > $@
+
+
 serve-cgiwrap: cgiwrap-fcgi.pl
 	perl $<
 

web/html/cgi-bin/query.cgi

@@ -3,20 +3,33 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use CGI;
+use CGI::Carp qw(carpout fatalsToBrowser);
+
+
+BEGIN {
+    use CGI::Carp qw(carpout);
+    open(LOG, ">>/home/me/tmp/mycgi-log") or
+        die("Unable to open mycgi-log: $!\n");
+    carpout(*LOG);
+}
 
 
 sub main {
     my $query = CGI->new();
+    print $query->header(-content_type => 'text/plain');
+
     my $search = $query->param('q');
 
-    print $query->header();
-
-    print "You searched for: ", $query->escapeHTML($search);
+    if (!$search eq undef) {
+        printf("You searched for: %s\n", $query->escapeHTML($search));
+    } else {
+        printf("Invalid search? You must provide a 'q' argument.\n");
+    }
 }
 
 
 main();
 
-1;
 
+1;
 __END__

web/lighttpd.conf.in

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+## modules to load
+server.modules = (
+            "mod_alias",
+            "mod_compress",
+            "mod_cgi",
+#           "mod_rewrite",
+#           "mod_redirect",
+#           "mod_usertrack",
+#           "mod_expire",
+#           "mod_flv_streaming",
+#           "mod_evasive"
+)
+
+## a static document-root, for virtual-hosting take look at the
+## server.virtual-* options
+server.document-root = "__ROOT__/html"
+
+## where to upload files to, purged daily.
+server.upload-dirs = ("__ROOT__/lighttpd-uploads")
+
+## where to send error-messages to
+server.errorlog = "__ROOT__/lighttpd-error.log"
+
+## files to check for if .../ is requested
+index-file.names = (
+    "index.php",
+    "index.cgi",
+    "index.py",
+    "index.pl",
+    "index.html",
+    "index.htm",
+    "default.htm",
+    "index.lighttpd.html",
+)
+
+## Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if possible
+# mimetype.use-xattr = "enable"
+
+##
+# which extensions should not be handle via static-file transfer
+#
+# .php, .pl, .fcgi are most often handled by mod_fastcgi or mod_cgi
+static-file.exclude-extensions = (".php", ".pl", ".fcgi")
+
+
+cgi.assign = (
+    ".pl" => "/usr/bin/perl",
+    ".php" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi",
+    ".py" => "/usr/bin/python",
+)
+
+
+$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin/" {
+    cgi.assign += ("" => "")
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+######### Options that are good to be but not neccesary to be changed #######
+
+## Use ipv6 only if available. (disabled for while, check #560837)
+#include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl"
+
+## bind to port (default: 80)
+server.port = __HTTP_PORT__
+
+## bind to localhost only (default: all interfaces)
+server.bind = "localhost"
+
+## error-handler for status 404
+#server.error-handler-404  = "/error-handler.html"
+#server.error-handler-404  = "/error-handler.php"
+
+## to help the rc.scripts
+server.pid-file = "__ROOT__/lighttpd.pid"
+
+##
+## Format: <errorfile-prefix><status>.html
+## -> ..../status-404.html for 'File not found'
+#server.errorfile-prefix    = "/var/www/"
+
+## virtual directory listings
+dir-listing.encoding = "utf-8"
+server.dir-listing = "enable"
+
+### only root can use these options
+#
+# chroot() to directory (default: no chroot() )
+#server.chroot            = "/"
+
+## change uid to <uid> (default: don't change)
+# server.username            = "www-data"
+
+## change gid to <gid> (default: don't change)
+# server.groupname           = "www-data"
+
+#### compress module
+compress.cache-dir = "__ROOT__/lighttpd-compress/"
+compress.filetype = ("text/plain", "text/html", "application/x-javascript", "text/css")
+
+#### url handling modules (rewrite, redirect, access)
+# url.rewrite                 = ( "^/$"             => "/server-status" )
+# url.redirect                = ( "^/wishlist/(.+)" => "http://www.123.org/$1" )
+
+#### expire module
+# expire.url                  = ( "/buggy/" => "access 2 hours", "/asdhas/" => "access plus 1 seconds 2 minutes")
+
+#### external configuration files
+## mimetype mapping
+include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.assign.pl"
+
+## load enabled configuration files,
+## read /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/README first
+# include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl"
+
+
+# vim:filetype=lighttpd