How to Install Trusted-CGI on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Trusted-CGI is a tool that allows running trusted CGI scripts, preventing unauthorized access to sensitive data. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Trusted-CGI on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Step 1 - Install Yarn

The first step is to install Yarn. Yarn is a package manager that is used for managing dependencies.

sudo dnf install yarn -y

Step 2 - Install Nodejs

Next, you need to install Nodejs.

sudo dnf install nodejs -y

Step 3 - Install Trusted-CGI

Now, you can install Trusted-CGI using Nodejs's package manager - npm.

sudo npm install -g trusted-cgi

Step 4 - Test the Installation

To ensure that Trusted-CGI is installed and functioning correctly, you can test the installation.

Create a new file called test.js with the following code.

const trusted_cgi = require('trusted-cgi');
const result = trusted_cgi.run_something(
    // this is a parameter
    { 
        some: "string" 
    },
    // this is an async CGI script which 
    // will be executed with the given arguments
    async (a) => {
    return { success: true };
    }
).result;

if (result.success) {
    console.log('Success!');
} else {
    console.log('Failure!');
}

Save the file and run it with the following command.

node test.js

If the installation was successful, then you should see the message "Success!" printed in the terminal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Trusted-CGI on Fedora CoreOS Latest. With Trusted-CGI, you can run trusted CGI scripts that protect your sensitive data from unauthorized access.