# scgi-cgi

**homepage:** http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/scgi-cgi/wiki

scgi-cgi is a SCGI application to run normal cgi applications. It doesn't
make CGI applications faster, but it allows you to run them on a different
host and with different user permissions (without the need for suexec).

scgi-cgi is released under the [MIT license](https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/scgi-cgi/src/branch/master/COPYING).

## Usage

Examples for spawning a scgi-cgi instance with daemontools or runit::

```
#!/bin/sh
# run script

exec spawn-scgi -n -s /var/run/scgi-cgi.sock -u www-default -U www-data -- /usr/bin/scgi-cgi
```
## Build dependencies

* libevent (https://libevent.org/)
* meson (https://mesonbuild.com/)

## Build

Clone from git: ``git clone https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/scgi-cgi.git``

Setup a build directory `build`:

    meson setup build --prefix /usr/local

Compile it:

    meson compile -C build

Install:

    meson install -C build
