lainsafe/doc/lainsafe.1

.\"Manpage for lainsafe
.TH lainsafe 1
.SH NAME
lainsafe \- Simple file upload

.SH DESCRIPTION

lainsafe is a simple file upload server written in Perl + CGI.

It runs in a Web server (i.e. nginx) with a CGI handler
(i.e. fcgiwrap)

You also have to install the dependencies, in Debian:

.in +4n
.EX
apt install nginx libcgi-pm-perl fcgiwrap
.EE

.SH INSTALLATION

You can use any web server for running lainsafe. However, nginx is
recommended. The following configuration should work for nginx:

.I /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lainsafe.conf
.in +4n
.EX
server
{
	server_name lainsafe.foo.tld;

	listen 80;
	listen [::]:80;
	client_max_body_size 100m; # max size 100MBs, change 10 to 100
				   # in upload.cgi in line 30
	root /var/www/lainsafe;

	location ~ \.cgi$ {
		gzip off;
		include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
		fastcgi_index index.cgi;
		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/lainsafe/$fastcgi_script_name;
	}
}
.EE
.PP
The document root will be /var/www/lainsafe (be sure to change it in
.I root
and
.I fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME if you're going to use another directory

You also have to give the .cgi files +x permissions:

.in +4n
.EX
chmod +x *.cgi
.EE

.PP
And also, create the "files" directory manually, and give it
permissions so the user that is running nginx (usually)
.I www-data
can write on it.

.EX
chown www-data:www-data files
.EE

.SH TROUBLESHOOTING

.SS 502 Bad Gateway

Probably you're missing the
.I CGI
dependence, so install it with CPAN or apt

.in +4n
.EX
cpan -i CGI
apt install libcgi-pm-perl
.EE
.PP
If you still get this problem, run
.in +4n
.EX
perl <file>.cgi
.EE
.PP
so perl can help you debug the problem.

.SS 403 is returned

You probably forgot to give the files execution permissions.