Re: mod-perl configuration under Apache2

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:

(in one terminal) keep an eye on what Apache2 is doing:
sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log
(in another terminal) make sure mod_perl2 is loaded by Apache2:
```
sudo a2enmod perl
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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```
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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```

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.

. :)))))

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Re^2: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by TOD (Friar) on Mar 07, 2007 at 07:49 UTC
it doesn't matter whether you chose PerlRun or Registry, they both inherit directly from ModPerl::RegistryCooker. The main difference is that PerlRun always compiles the scripts, whereas Registry caches the compiled codes and compiles only if the files change on disk.	[reply]
Re^2: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by Bruce32903 (Scribe) on Mar 07, 2007 at 17:12 UTC
I have modified my test program as shown: #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "\nTHIS IS A TEST\n"; I have modified the end of my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file as shown: Alias /perl/ /var/www/perl/ #PerlModule ModPerl::PerlRun PerlModule ModPerl::Registry <Location /perl/> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry #PerlHandler ModPerl::PerlRun Options +ExecCGI #PerlSendHeader On </Location> When I try to access (run) the perl program I still get the "Mozilla does not know how to handle this file type" box. When I try to access something that does not exist I still get a "not found" screen with "Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.8 Server at 192.168.20.210 Port 80" at the bottom (note mod_perl is included). Any more ideas? Thanks, Bruce	[reply]
Re^3: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by asz (Pilgrim) on Mar 07, 2007 at 17:52 UTC
how about cleaning up you Apache2 configuration file? replace this lines: PerlModule ModPerl::PerlRun #Alias /perl/ /var/www/perl/ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /var/www/cgi-bin/ ScriptAlias /perl/ /var/www/perl/ <Location /perl> allow from all SetHandler perl-script AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl #PerlHandler Apache::Registry #PerlHandler Apache::PerlRun PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun Options +ExecCGI PerlSendHeader On </Location> <Directory /var/www/perl> allow from all Options +ExecCGI #AddHandler cgi-script .pl #SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun </Directory> [download] with only this: `PerlModule ModPerl::Registry ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /var/www/cgi-bin/ <Location "/perl"> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry Options +ExecCGI </Location>` [download] as far as i can tell, the directive shown below is telling Apache to serve content from /var/www/perl as CGI using mod_cgi and because it's written before the mod_perl settings it takes precedence over those, ignoring them: `ScriptAlias /perl/ /var/www/perl/` [download] also, may i suggest that you get in the good habbit of Debian/Ubuntu W.R.T. setting up Apache2 servers? that is create a file in /etc/apache2/sites-available with your settings and enable it using this command `a2ensite myproject && /etc/init.d/apache2 restart` that way you can exclude parts of your configuration in case you need to debug your Apache configuration. more info is in your /etc/apache2/README file. :)))))	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by Bruce32903 (Scribe) on Mar 07, 2007 at 18:49 UTC
I made the suggested changes and still get "Mozilla does not know how to handle this file type". The /var/log/apache2/error.log file has only the restart notice at restart time. There are no errors logged during restart. The display at the bottom of a non existant page and the http://x.x.x.x/server-status pages include "mod_perl", so I still assume that my "apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2" has worked successfully.	[reply]
Re^3: mod-perl configuration under Apache2 by Bruce32903 (Scribe) on Mar 07, 2007 at 17:43 UTC
I was so busy looking at the code I didn't even see the download tags in the response. Thanks for the extra effort. Sorry I didn't put it to good use. Bruce	[reply]