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Enable CGI in Apache2
By default when you install
apache2, and navigate to /var/www directory you won't find the cgi-bin folder. To enable CGI in apache2 follow this steps -$ sudo apt install apache2 -yWe can find the available
modules in /etc/apache2/mods-available. Here you will see the cgi.load module which you need to load.Enable by-
$ sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.loadNow as Apache configuration has changed, reload the apache service by -
$ sudo service apache2 reloadApache2 recognizes cgi-scripts in the directory
/usr/lib/cgi-bin, so we need to place the script in this folder.Lets create a cgi script in python that returns the output of
free -m command.#!/usr/bin/python3
from subprocess import getstatusoutput as gso
import cgi
print("content-type:text/plain")
print()
print(gso("free -m")[1])Make this script executable by -
$ sudo chmod +x c.pyNow just
curl to get response
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