HowTo: Rasbpian+ lighttpd + apcupsd-cgi

Post by **^rooker** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:59 pm

Here I'm going to describe the necessary steps to setup apcupsd-cgi using lighttpd (instead of Apache) on Raspberry Pi 1, running Raspbian 8 (Jessie).

1) Install required packages:

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$ sudo apt-get install apcupsd-cgi lighttpd

This will install the apcupsd CGI scripts and the webserver.

2) Configure lighttpd cgi-bin support:

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$ sudo lighttpd-enable-mod cgi

Should return this, if successful:

Enabling cgi: ok
Run /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload to enable changes

Reload changes:

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$ sudo service lighttpd restart

3) Link apcupsd CGI scripts:
In order for the apcupsd-cgi scripts we've installed to become accessible, they need to be made available under the "/cgi-bin/" folder in the www-root of the lighttpd webserver.

Create a cgi-bin folder:

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$ sudo mkdir /var/www/html/cgi-bin

Link the apcupsd CGI scripts:

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$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/cgi-bin/apcupsd/ /var/www/html/cgi-bin/

Now you can access the UPS status by opening the .cgi files in your browser under the following address:

http://yourraspbianserver.home/cgi-bin/ ... ltimon.cgi

(Change "yourraspbianserver.home" to match your setup)

NOTE: Opening "/cgi-bin/apcupsd" will not work!
Lighttpd does not provide directory listings by default, so you'll get a "404 not found" which is misleading.

Basically, that's it!
Have fun

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