Getting 404s for cgi-node on Apache on OS X

[richardtallent]

I'm trying to set up cgi-node on OS X Yosemite using the built-in Apache server, and I must be missing a step somewhere. The site is operational otherwise.

Steps taken:

• Installed Node package for OS X (universal, installs to /usr/local/bin/node)
• Copied the node binary to my site's bin folder (/Library/WebServer/Documents/tallent/bin/ -- to be clear, the site is a vhost running in the "tallent" folder off the usual site root)
• Created a cgi-bin directory for the site (/Library/WebServer/Documents/tallent/cgi-bin)
• Copied cgi-node.js to the cgi-bin folder, chmod a+r
• Edited cgi-node.js to change the binary path to:

  !"/Library/WebServer/Documents/tallent/bin/node"

(I also tried /usr/local/bin/node, same result.)

• Also changed the session path to a new folder I created in the web root for sessions (and verified permissions for the folder)

• Added an .htaccess file to site root folder with the following two lines:

  Action cgi-node /cgi-bin/cgi-node.js AddHandler cgi-node .jss

• Enabled mod_actions in httpd.conf (I had disabled it)
• Created "test.jss" in the web root, contains simply <? cgiNodeInfo() ?>
• Restarted Apache

When I access the site at "http://blah/test.jss", I get the following error:

Not Found The requested URL /cgi-bin/cgi-node.js/test.jss was not found on this server.

There's nothing awry in Apache's error_log.

[deda-ca]

Your node path within the cgi-node.js file should not contain quotes. Try changing:

!"/Library/WebServer/Documents/tallent/bin/node"

To:

!/Library/WebServer/Documents/tallent/bin/node

I get an internal server error if I put quotes around the path while running in Linux.

If this does not help let me know. I have a Mac machine I can try running the configuration on.