= Installing Trac as CGI [[TracGuideToc]] [[PageOutline]] {{{#!div class=important ''Please note that using Trac via CGI is the slowest deployment method available. It is slower than [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi], [TracModPython mod_python], [TracFastCgi FastCGI] and even [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp IIS/AJP] on Windows.'' }}} CGI script is the entrypoint that web-server calls when a web-request to an application is made. The `trac.cgi` script can be created using the `trac-admin <env> deploy <dir>` command which automatically substitutes the required paths, see TracInstall#cgi-bin. Make sure the script is executable by your web server. == Apache web-server configuration In [https://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] there are two ways to run Trac as CGI: 1. Use a `ScriptAlias` directive that maps a URL to the `trac.cgi` script (recommended) 1. Copy the `trac.cgi` file into the directory for CGI executables used by your web server (commonly named `cgi-bin`). You can also create a symbolic link, but in that case make sure that the `FollowSymLinks` option is enabled for the `cgi-bin` directory. To make Trac available at `http://yourhost.example.org/trac` add `ScriptAlias` directive to Apache configuration file, changing `trac.cgi` path to match your installation: {{{#!apache ScriptAlias /trac /path/to/www/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi }}} ''Note that this directive requires that the `mod_alias` module is enabled.'' If you're using Trac with a single project you need to set its location using the `TRAC_ENV` environment variable: {{{#!apache <Location "/trac"> SetEnv TRAC_ENV "/path/to/projectenv" </Location> }}} Or to use multiple projects you can specify their common parent directory using the `TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR` variable: {{{#!apache <Location "/trac"> SetEnv TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR "/path/to/project/parent/dir" </Location> }}} ''Note that the `SetEnv` directive requires that the `mod_env` module is enabled.'' An alternative to `SetEnv` is editing `TRAC_ENV` or `TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR` in `trac.cgi`: {{{#!python os.environ['TRAC_ENV'] = "/path/to/projectenv" }}} {{{#!python os.environ['TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR'] = "/path/to/parent/dir" }}} If you are using the [https://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html Apache suEXEC] feature please see [trac:ApacheSuexec]. On some systems, you ''may'' need to edit the shebang line in the `trac.cgi` file to point to your real Python installation path. On a Windows system you may need to configure Windows to know how to execute a `.cgi` file (Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> CGI). === Python Egg Cache The [TracInstall#egg-cache egg-cache] can be configured using an `os.environ` statement in `trac.cgi`, as shown above. To do the same from the Apache configuration, use the `SetEnv` directive: {{{#!apache SetEnv PYTHON_EGG_CACHE /path/to/dir }}} Put this directive next to where you set the path to the [TracEnvironment Trac environment], i.e. in the same `<Location>` block. {{{#!apache <Location /trac> SetEnv TRAC_ENV /path/to/projenv SetEnv PYTHON_EGG_CACHE /path/to/dir </Location> }}} === Using WSGI You can run a [http://henry.precheur.org/python/how_to_serve_cgi WSGI handler] [https://thejimmyg.github.io/pythonweb/projects/webmodules/doc/0.5.3/html_multipage/lib/example-webserver-web-wsgi-simple-cgi.html under CGI]. You can [wiki:TracModWSGI#Thetrac.wsgiscript write your own application function], or use the deployed trac.wsgi's application. == Mapping Static Resources See TracInstall#MappingStaticResources. == Adding Authentication See TracInstall#ConfiguringAuthentication. ---- See also: TracInstall, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracFastCgi, TracModPython
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