From 0fe321c2361d89cbcdea23c0b377d63bb48865fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/" Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:18:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] comments on interop with other servers --- doc/plugins/404.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/plugins/404.mdwn b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn index bf033202a..ab6ac4dea 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/404.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn @@ -13,4 +13,11 @@ file: (The path here needs to be whatever the path is to the ikiwiki.cgi from the root of your web server.) +This plugin might also be useful on some non-Apache web servers, if they provide the +`REDIRECT_STATUS` and `REDIRECT_URL` environment variables to their 404 handlers. +`REDIRECT_STATUS` should be `404` and `REDIRECT_URL` should be the path +part of the URL (for instance it would be `/plugins/404/` if this page was missing). +If you would like help with adapting this plugin for a different web server, +you will need to provide the output of +[[this 404 handler|forum/nginx:_404_plugin_not_working#comment-6b1607f7961d2873517d4780f56ac3ad]]. -- 2.26.2