Apache Server configuration support - Ubuntu / Apache : how to check status mod

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Ubuntu / Apache : how to check status mod_perl and settings

2007-01-25, 7:27 pm

I have a Ubuntu Dapper Drake webserver.
I verified that PERL is installed.
But I need to install some perl-scripts for a website.
When I put it in a cgi-bin directory the script wasn't executed but the
browser wanted to download the script. The directory and script have the
necessary permissions : 755. On a debian server I found several cg-bin
directories I tried to put the script everywhere but either the browser
wanted to downoad it or it wasn't found.

1. How do I check if mod_perl is installed ?
2. How do I install mod_perl ?
3. What about cgi-bin directory ? One per server or one per website ?
How to configure ?
4. Is there something else that I should do to use PERL scripts ?

Thanx,

JM

Davide Bianchi

2007-01-26, 7:23 am

On 2007-01-25, JM <reply@group.svp> wrote:
> 1. How do I check if mod_perl is installed ?

Check the configuration file if mod_perl is loaded at runtime.

> 2. How do I install mod_perl ?

Download the package for your distribution and follow the instructions

> 3. What about cgi-bin directory ?

What about it?

> One per server or one per website ?

As you prefer, I prefer to keep things separated for VHost, so I have a
cgi-bin dir for each vhost and eventually, some 'special' application with
his own directory with cgi-bin functionality.

> How to configure ?

ScriptAlias /where-you-want-it/ /where/is/the/directory/
<Directory "/where/is/the/directory">
Options ExecCGI
...other directives as required...
</Directory>

In the VHost or in the main configuration.

> 4. Is there something else that I should do to use PERL scripts ?

Be sure that the script begin with #!/where/is/your/perl and that
running the script from the command line works.

Davide

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