Run Movable Type with nginx and PSGI on Debian

1. Debian

1. Install cpanminus:

curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus`

2. Install Perl modules:

cpanm Task::Plack XMLRPC::Transport::HTTP::Plack Starman

3. Place in /etc/init.d mt-starman:

wget -P /etc/init.d https://raw.github.com/saahov/mt-starman-daemon/master/debian/mt-starman

4. Change permissions:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/mt-starman

5. Change variables (DIR, SCRIPT, USER, GROUP, WORKERS) in /etc/init.d/mt-starman.

6. Add mt-starman to Debian autostart:

update-rc.d mt-starman defaults

If you use Debian Squeeze (and above):

insserv mt-starman

2. nginx

1. Add to nginx.conf (http section):

upstream starman {
    server 127.0.0.1:50000;
}

2. Add to nginx site config (server section):

location /cgi-bin/mt/ {
    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-Host $host;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_pass      http://starman;
}

3. Movable Type

1. Add to mt-config.cgi:

PIDFilePath /var/run/mt.pid

2. Also you can add this in mt-config.cgi (for beautiful url's without extensions):

AdminScript app
CommentScript comments
TrackbackScript trackbacks
SearchScript search
XMLRPCScript xmlrpc
AtomScript atom
UpgradeScript upgrade

Finally

Run this command to start Starman and restart nginx:

/etc/init.d/mt-starman start && /etc/init.d/nginx restart