squid/apache2 install cachemgr problem

[sidney256]

I have a new openBSD apache2/squid server on my dmz. I want to run cachemgr.cgi from a debian box on the internal lan. There's a 3 nic openBSD firewall box between them. When I put webserverURL/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi in a brower on debianBox, the cgi script downloads to the Downloads directory instead of running the script on the webserver box.

squid.conf

acl managerAdmin src debianBoxURL
http_access allow managerAdmin manager

httpd2.conf

ServerRoot "/var/www"
Listen webServerURL:80
Listen webServerURL:3128
ServerAdmin sidney@debianHostName.domainName
ServerName serverName:80
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/libexec/squid/"
<Directory "/usr/local/libexec/squid/">
    AllowOverride None
    Options ExecCGI
    Require all granted
</Directory>

naturally the _URL's are xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and the serverName is what hostname -s returns etc.

I am using static addresses with no dhcpd running. Just the "dhcp" in the hostname.extNic. Packet filter code and networking seems to be working fine.

I thought I had the solution, when I found the "Options ExecCGI" line, but maybe one of the other lines, in the dir block, is blocking it. I would also like to just allow debianBoxURL, instead of "Require all granted". I commented out the "AllowOverride None", ...didn't work. Created a new dir for cachemgr.cgi and added an .htaccess file per the book Squid the Definitive Guide, and edited the ScriptAlias line and Directory section to match. Still the same response, it downloads the script instead of running it. No logs no errors.

Merry Christmas from cold Phoenix (seems cold anyway),
Sidney

[TronDD]

I think you have to tell apache that a .cgi file is a script.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/cgi.html

AddHandler is proably what you need.

Tim.