Lua Wsapi

wiki

(at least on a Ubuntu server)

Andrew Armstrong 2011 andrewa@archonix.co.uk

v0.1

1) Install some basic pre-requisites:

apt-get install libreadline-dev build-essential unzip

2) Install Apache and Fast cgi:

apt-get install apache2 libfcgi libfcgi-dev libapache2-mod-fcgid

3) Install LuaRocks

apt-get install luarocks

4) With LuaRocks install:

luarocks install wsapi-fcgi CFLAGS=-fPIC

luarocks install cgilua

5) Enable apache module

a2enmod fcgid

6) Edit your site:

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

The /var/www entry should look something like this when you are finished:

<Directory /var/www/>

Options FollowSymLinks? MultiViews?

# Indexes

AllowOverride? All

Order allow,deny

allow from all

<IfModule? mod_fcgid.c>

AddHandler? fcgid-script .lua

AddHandler? fcgid-script .lp

FCGIwrapper "/usr/local/bin/cgilua.fcgi" .lp

FCGIwrapper "/usr/local/bin/cgilua.fcgi" .lua

</IfModule?>

</Directory>

9) Modify your /var/www .htaccess file:

Options +ExecCGI DirectoryIndex? index.lp

10) If you use MySQL, install mysql development headers:

apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

11) Then.... Install the luasql module, you need the include dir:

luarocks install luasql-mysql MYSQL_INCDIR=/usr/include/mysql CFLAGS=-fPIC