HTTPS not configured for /cgi-bin/

[thisisit3]

I noticed that cPanel/WHM does not configure HTTPS properly, as a result, the /cgi-bin/ path is not usable under HTTPS.

For example, this works fine:
https://www.domain.com/test.php

But this does not:
https://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/test.php

The second case, will actualy try to execute: /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/test.php

You can verify that by looking at your /etc/httpd/logs/error_log file, you'll see the 404 error.

I believe its missing the following line:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/domain/public_html/cgi-bin/

Anyone would like to verify this?

[JPC-Veena]

No, that seems to be a misconfiguration in your apache config. For each domain's virtualhost entry in httpd.conf, there will be a scriptalias line present by default when you create the domain/subdomain via whm/cpanel.
Please open a support ticket if it isn't already fixed.

[thisisit3]

There is!!

Its just that... its for the normal virtualhost entry, its not in the SSL entry!

Can someone please look at their /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and look for:

<VirtualHost some.ip.address.here>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/someuser/public_html/cgi-bin/

and see if there is a ScriptAlias in here as well:

<IfDefine SSL>
<VirtualHost some.ip.address.here:443>

since i've never changed my httpd.conf by hand, its all generated by WHM, so if there is a bug its in WHM.

[JPC-Veena]

I just installed a cert on a client vps and I see the scriptalias under the 443 entry. However if you don;t believe me wait for someone else to verify.

[thisisit3]

I did the same and there is no scriptalias for /cgi-bin/

I just added them all by hand... lots of copy/paste/replace :P oh well...

[JPC-Veena]

Make sure you are using the latest STABLE cpanel version, also open a support ticket if needed, we can fix the template cpanel uses.

[thisisit3]

I'm already running the latest STABLE cpanel/whm version. I took a look by my self, the template files for virtualhosts are:

/usr/local/cpanel/etc/httptemplates/apache1/default
/usr/local/cpanel/etc/httptemplates/apache1/ssldefault

Both of them, contain the following lines:

!scriptalias=1!
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ %docroot%/cgi-bin/
!scriptalias!

so why the above works fine for "default" template but doesn't work for "ssldefault"? Obviously something has to do with the 'scriptalias' variable...

PS:
i didn't open a support ticket because i like to learn more details about cPanel/WHM. If i can't figure it out then i'll open a ticket.

[thisisit3]

Apparently, there is a WHM option about ScriptAlias, under: Server Configuration -> Basic cPanel/WHM Setup -> CGI Script Alias (set to 'y' or 'n').

Mine is set to 'y', so i'm not sure why its working for normal virtualhost entries but not for SSL entries.