Entware cgi-bin support (apcupsd-cgi)

[gpz1100]

Rt-ac68u
Firmware 380.68_4

Baby steps here.

Got the rt to recognize the ups, and apcupsd configured to communicate with it.

Next step is the apcupsd-cgi module so status can be viewed via web page.

1) apcupsd-cgi is installed properly
2) lighttpd installed following the guide here - https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Lighttpd-web-server-with-PHP-support-through-Entware

3) Yet instead of running the .cgi file, the browser wants to download it. I have a feeling something is missing or misconfigured.

What is the proper way to get cgi-bin functionality?

Thanks!

 

[Fitz Mutch]

What is the proper way to get cgi-bin functionality?

http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html#apcupsd-network-monitoring-cgi-programs

The documentation says, "[.cgi programs] should go in the cgi-bin of your Web server."

I have apcupsd compiled directly into the AsusWRT firmware for RT-AC68U. Anyone know if the WebUI supports CGI-BIN ? The daemon is working for me, but the CGI scripts is not.

 

[Christian_Haitian]

Hello,

I know this thread is over a year old but I wanted to post the solution to resolve this for others that may be interested in getting a web view of their UPS stats.

After completing steps 1 and 2 from post #1, do the following:

Install lighttpd-mod-cgi

opkg install lighttpd-mod-cgi

Open /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf using nano.

Add ".cgi" to the line that starts with static-file.exclude-extensions. It should like the line below:

static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi", ".cgi" )

Save the file.

Open /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/30-cgi.conf

Modify the line that starts with ".cgi" to the following:

 ".cgi" => "",

Save the file.

Restart lighttpd

/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd restart

The .cgi files should load correctly (ex. http://192.168.1.1:81/cgi-bin/apcupsd/multimon.cgi)

I hope this helps others.