i have the same setup as you (Apache2 with mod_perl2 on Ubuntu 6.10) and have no problem running Perl scripts under mod_perl2.

one way to get started is by running Perl scripts using ModPerl::Registry as described in the mod_perl2 documentation. you could take these steps:

  1. (in one terminal) keep an eye on what Apache2 is doing:

    sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

  2. (in another terminal) make sure mod_perl2 is loaded by Apache2:

    sudo a2enmod perl
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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  3. create the test directory /var/www/mp2-test and place a simple Perl CGI script there with this content (your posted test CGI script is incorrect and will produce a warning, because it doesn't print a content line):

    #!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
print "mod_perl 2.0 rocks!\n";

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  4. configure Apache2 to run scripts in /var/www/mp2-test with mod_perl2:

    PerlModule ModPerl::Registry
<Location "/mp2-test/">
 SetHandler perl-script
 PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
 Options +ExecCGI
</Location>

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also check out the freely available ModPerl Book that covers mod_perl2. and if your still having troubles post back.

. :)))))

In reply to Re: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by asz
in thread mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by Bruce32903

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