Apache mapping URL to CGI script

Question

In Apache I would like a URL "/myscript" or "/myscript?param=myparam" to execute a CGI script located at:

/usr/local/scripts/custom.pl

I have tried:

Action custom-action /usr/local/scripts/custom.pl
<Location "/myscript">
    SetHandler custom-action
</Location>

but this isn't working.

Any ideas how I can achieve the mapping of URL to script?

Chris S · Answer 1 · 2011-08-18 14:25:11Z

mod_rewrite can easily do that with

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/myscript$
RewriteRules (.*) /usr/local/scripts/custom.pl

Be sure to set permissions appropriately, both the actual file permissions and a Directory Directive to allow access to that folder.

Example Directory Directive:

<Directory "/usr/local/scripts">
    Allow from All
    AllowOverride None
    Options None +ExecCGI
</Directory>

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