(OT) Configure Apache for CGI

CloneArmyCommander has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using Apache server on my computer because my understanding was that putting a web server on my computer would allow me to view perl scripts that are linked to HTML. How do I make this happen, I just get a page that spits the script back at me. _{janitored by ybiC: Retitle from less-than-descriptive "Web Server"}

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Re: (OT) Configure Apache for CGI by TStanley (Canon) on Feb 16, 2004 at 17:46 UTC
The httpd.conf file for the Apache webserver is where you configure it to run CGI scripts. You would need to verify that the following is present: `<Directory /> Options ExecCGI # Permits execution of CGI scripts </Directory>` [download] The httpd.conf file can be found in the conf sub-directory of where you installed Apache. TStanley -------- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing -- Edmund Burke	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: (OT) Configure Apache for CGI by CloneArmyCommander (Friar) on Feb 16, 2004 at 17:51 UTC
Cool :). Thanks :)! I knew that somewhere I had not configured something, but I'm new to this and wasn't sure what I was doing wrong :), because I knew that perl was working and installed properly :).	[reply]
Re: (OT) Configure Apache for CGI by hardburn (Abbot) on Feb 16, 2004 at 17:37 UTC
Your Apache configuration needs to know how to execute CGIs. Please see the mod_cgi documentation. ---- `: () { :\|:& };:` Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply] [d/l]
Re: (OT) Configure Apache for CGI by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Feb 16, 2004 at 17:36 UTC
You would need to configure your webserver correctly. Please read the documentation on the Apache website, and the comments in the httpd.conf file. It's not a Perl issue. Abigail	[reply]