[OpenLayers-Users] proxy.cgi fails

[Sven Burbeck]

Hi,
the firewall is off.
Entering http://example.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
manually in the browser brings up the following message:
Not Found
The requested URL /cgi-bin/proxy.cgi was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at example.com Port 80

entering http://localhost/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
brings up:
waiting for localhost...
<urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>

cheers,
Sven


Quoting "Marc Jansen" <jansen at terrestris.de>:

> Hi Sven,
>
> Is there some firewall active on the server?
>
> What do you see if you enter http://example.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi in
> your browser manually? When called without parameters, it'll try to
> access www.openlayers.org.
>
> You should see the OpenLayers Homepage served by your proxy (You'll need
> to allow the host www.openlayers.org though)
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>
>
> On 27.08.2010 11:04, Sven Burbeck wrote:
>> Hi Marc,
>> 1.) Browser indicates: "waiting for localhost" and finally:
>> "<urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>"
>>
>> 2.) mytest.cgi indeed wasn't Python but Perl. However, I changed it  
>> to Python
>>       Content:
>>       #!/usr/bin/python
>>       print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n";
>>       print "Python CGI works";
>> and it works!
>>
>> 3.) changed first line in proxy.cgi to #!/usr/bin/python
>> but to no avail. The problem remains.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Sven
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Marc Jansen"<jansen at terrestris.de>:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Sven,
>>>
>>> Just some thoughts/questions:
>>>
>>>     * What is the exact server message?
>>>     * Is your test.cgi a python cgi?
>>>     * Can proxy.cgi find the pythoin executable?
>>>     * On a terminal on that machine issue
>>>       which python
>>>
>>>       This should give you the path to the python executable
>>>       (/path/to/python). Replace the first line in the proxy.cgi script
>>>       #!/usr/bin/env python
>>>
>>>       to the output of 'which'
>>>       #!/path/to/python
>>>
>>>     * Is the script executable (check it with ls -la, maybe add it with
>>>       chmod +x proxy.cgi)
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27.08.2010 09:36, Sven Burbeck wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> sorry for asking stupid newbie questions but I fail to get the
>>>> proxi.cgi working.
>>>> I followed the FAQ description:
>>>> http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost
>>>>
>>>> I've installed Apache 2.2.13 on SUSE11.2 via rpm.
>>>> Apparently the default cgi-bin is under /srv/www/cgi-bin
>>>> I put a test.cgi there and it works when calling it:
>>>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi
>>>>
>>>> However, trying the same with proxy.cgi fails.
>>>> Is there anything else I have to consider?
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Sven
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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