HTTPD mod_perl & mod_cgi
1. install mod_perl , mod_cgi
#yum -y install mod_perl mod_cgi
2. edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
#vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
3. edit /etc/httpd/conf/vhost.conf to handle cgi/perl
#vi /etc/httpd/conf/vhost.conf
<Directory “/path/to/your/perl-script-dir”>
AllowOverride all
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
4. reload your httpd server
#service httpd reload
5. test to execute perl script by httpd
#cd /path/to/your/perl-script/dir
#vi test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
print “Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n”;
print “mod_perl rules!\n”;
6. chmod +x to tes.pl and test to run perl on the shell
#chmod +x test.pl
#perl ./test.pl
Content-type: text/plain
mod_perl rules!
7. go to your browser
http://hostname/path/to/your/perl-script-dir/test.pl
Content-type: text/plain
mod_perl rules!