Re: setting up a localhost

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
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http://127.0.0.1
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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
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Check the output. If that shows something like

Content-type: text/plain

CGI/1.0 test script report:
...
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then you're in business and can try

http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi
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in your browser. Let us know at which part of the way you're stuck, and we can provide more help.

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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]

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Re: Re: setting up a localhost
by rebot (Initiate) on Mar 12, 2004 at 05:13 UTC

#!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
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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>
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# 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
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