website.rb/README.md

# website.rb

Ruby CGI scripts that I used to set up my website

## What is included

- listing.rb - generates a recursve listing of files at your preferred location
- markdown.rb - processes markdown (partially) and converts it to HTML

## How to apply this to your site

- Drop all .rb files into your web directory root
- Edit markdown.rb and point ROOT\_PATH to the full web directory root path
- Edit listing.rb and point ROOT\_PATH to the full web directory root path and DIR\_PATH to the directory where markdown files are located (they have to be in adirectory under root!)
- If you're using lighttpd:
    - Install `mod_cgi` in your config file and add "listing.rb" as an index
```
server.modules += ("mod_cgi")
index-file.names += ("listing.rb")
cgi.assign = (
    ".rb" => "/usr/bin/ruby"
)
```
- If you're using apache:
    - lmao idk
    - just add CGI module, make it run ruby files and make listing.rb an index
- If you're using NGINX:
    - Install lighttpd and configure it the same way as above, but use a custom port for the server
    - Add `listing.rb` as an index file to your preferred location
    - Add a reverse proxy clause in NGINX config to proxy all .md and .rb requests to the lighttpd server
```nginx
        ...

        # pass ruby files to lighttpd
        location ~ \.rb {
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6969;
        }

        # pass .md files as query parameters to markdown.rb
        location ~ \.md {
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6969/markdown.rb?docfile=$uri;
        }

        ...
```