setting up a localhost

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Re: setting up a localhost by saintmike (Vicar) on Mar 11, 2004 at 05:19 UTC
You didn't mention which version of Apache, I'm assuming 1.3.29 (Apache 2.0 should be similar, though). Now, if you go to either `http://localhost` [download] or `http://127.0.0.1` [download] with your browser, you should see the apache test page. If that's showing, Apache was installed correctly. Now for the cgi-bin part: Make sure that your apache installation has a cgi-bin directory and the script you're calling is in there. Depending on your installation, this might be in `C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\cgi-bin` or similar. Then, open a DOS (gack!) window, go into the directory and try running the script by hand: `perl test.cgi` [download] Check the output. If that shows something like `Content-type: text/plain CGI/1.0 test script report: ...` [download] then you're in business and can try `http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi` [download] in your browser. Let us know at which part of the way you're stuck, and we can provide more help.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: setting up a localhost by rebot (Initiate) on Mar 12, 2004 at 05:13 UTC
Thank you for your help. I tested the script out on the command line and it worked. However, I am still having trouble with the localhost thing. The following is the code I'm trying to execute: `#!C:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w use strict; use CGI; my $query = new CGI; print $query->header( "text/html" ); print <<END_HERE; <html> <head> <title>My First CGI Script</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h1>This is a pretty lame Web page</h1> <p>Who is this Ovid guy, anyway?</p> </body> </html> END_HERE # must have a line after "END_HERE" or Perl won't recognize # the token` [download] Running that code on the command line produces the following result which seems to have no errors: `C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin>perl test.cgi Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html> <head> <title>My First CGI Script</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h1>This is a pretty lame Web page</h1> <p>Who is this Ovid guy, anyway?</p> </body> </html>` [download] The Problem I am having is that I can't even get the apache test page to load when I type http://127.0.0.1 in for the URL. I set up my httpd.conf file like the following: # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify +itself. # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you spe +cify # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup. # # If this is not set to valid DNS name for your host, server-generated # redirections will not work. See also the UseCanonicalName directive +. # # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP addres +s here. # You will have to access it by its address anyway, and this will make + # redirections work in a sensible way. # # 127.0.0.1:80 This didn't work # localhost This also didn't work for me. # ServerName 127.0.0.1 [download] I'm running apache 2.0.48 when I type, http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/test.cgi the browser just continuously tries to load the page like an endless loop. nothing happens. when I type, http://127.0.0.1 nothing happens. I don't even get the apache test page. do you think that ZoneAlarm will cause a problem with this? I'm also running a router so that a couple of computers in the house can have access to the internet. maybe that is causing the problem. I can't see why that would be causing a problem because I'm not trying to access the internet when I'm running this perl script/cgi stuff. I'm just trying to view the scripts on my own computer.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: setting up a localhost by bart (Canon) on Mar 11, 2004 at 05:09 UTC
You should be able to find a "hosts" file in the Windows directory (or whatever its name is on your flavour of Windows), without any file extension. It's a pure text file, the Windows equivalent of the /etc/hosts file on Unix. In it, you can define any name you want for your local systems, even morethan one, there's no need to set up a DNS system. The file should exist, and it should contain some sample entries, perhaps commented out, giving you a good idea what the systax to use is. And one of these entries should be for "localhost"...	[reply]
Re: setting up a localhost by AcidHawk (Vicar) on Mar 11, 2004 at 07:11 UTC
In the httpd.conf file there is this explination # ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clien +ts for # your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i. +e., use # "www" instead of the host's real name). # # Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name + you # define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't und +erstand # this, ask your network administrator. # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP addres +s here. # You will have to access it by its address (e.g., http://123.45.67.89 +/) # anyway, and this will make redirections work in a sensible way. # # 127.0.0.1 is the TCP/IP local loop-back address, often named localho +st. Your # machine always knows itself by this address. If you use Apache stric +tly for # local testing and development, you may use 127.0.0.1 as the server n +ame. # ServerName myservername [download] This will allow me to call http://localhost or http://myservername in the URL In the same file you also need to make sure that your cgi-bin settings are correct.. # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scri +pts. # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that # documents in the realname directory are treated as applications +and # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent t +o the client. # The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directive +s as to # Alias. # ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My +Documents/myweb/cgi-bin/" # # "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin" should be changed + to whatever your ScriptAliased # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. # <Directory "C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My Documents/m +yweb/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> [download] Your cgi script shoud go in this dir. On the windows platform make sure you have the `#!perl.exe` line as the first line of your script, and that perl.exe is in your path. ----- Of all the things I've lost in my life, its my mind I miss the most.	[reply] [d/l] [select]