nginx-fastcgi.md

nginx fastcgi

prerequisites

apt install fcgiwrap

setup

nginx conf

• into an /etc/nginx/conf.d/somesite.conf

location /scripts
{
    gzip off;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

script sample

• assuming the site document root is /var/www/html, create a folder /var/www/html/scripts with the follow file

/var/www/html/scripts/hello.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo 'Content-Type: text/plain'
echo ''
echo 'Hello, world!'

test it

• restart nginx service nginx restart

• access to https://name.somesite/scripts/hello.sh