Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of TracCgi

Timestamp:

14/06/2017 12:47:29 (7 years ago)

Author:

trac

Comment:

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TracCgi

@@ -4 +4 @@
 
 {{{#!div class=important
- ''Please note that using Trac via CGI is the slowest deployment method available. It is slower than [TracModPython mod_python], [TracFastCgi FastCGI] and even [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp IIS/AJP] on Windows.''
+ ''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.''
 }}}
 
@@ -13 +13 @@
 In [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] there are two ways to run Trac as CGI:
 
- 1. Use a `ScriptAlias` directive that maps an URL to the `trac.cgi` script (recommended)
+ 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.
 
@@ -21 +21 @@
 }}}
 
- ''Note that this directive requires enabled `mod_alias` module.''
+ ''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:
@@ -37 +37 @@
 }}}
 
- ''Note that the `SetEnv` directive requires enabled `mod_env` module. It is also possible to set TRAC_ENV in trac.cgi. Just add the following code between "try:" and "from trac.web ...":''
+  ''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
-    import os
     os.environ['TRAC_ENV'] = "/path/to/projectenv"
 }}}
 
- '' Or for TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR: ''
-
 {{{#!python
-    import os
-    os.environ['TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR'] = "/path/to/project/parent/dir"
+    os.environ['TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR'] = "/path/to/parent/dir"
 }}}
 
 If you are using the [http://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).
+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).
 
 === Using WSGI
@@ -68 +66 @@
 
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-See also:  TracGuide, TracInstall, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracFastCgi, TracModPython
+See also:  TracInstall, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracFastCgi, TracModPython