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The Apache Web Server

Setting up mod_perl

To set up mod_perl in SUSE LINUX, simply install the respective pack-

age (see Section 22.6 on page 534). Following the installation, the Apache

conﬁguration ﬁle includes the necessary entries (see /etc/apache2/

mod_perl-startup.pl). Information about mod_perl is available at

http://perl.apache.org/.

mod_perl versus CGI

In the simplest case, run a previous CGI script as a mod_perl script by re-

questing it with a different URL. The conﬁguration ﬁle contains aliases that

point to the same directory and execute any scripts it contains either via

CGI or via mod_perl. All these entries already exist in the conﬁguration

ﬁle. The alias entry for CGI is:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/www/cgi-bin/"

The entries for mod_perl are:

# Provide two aliases to the same cgi-bin directory,

# to see the effects of the 2 different mod_perl modes.

# for Apache::Registry Mode

ScriptAlias /perl/ "/srv/www/cgi-bin/"

# for Apache::Perlrun Mode

ScriptAlias /cgi-perl/ "/srv/www/cgi-bin/"

</IfModule>

The following entries are also needed for mod_perl. These entries already

exist in the conﬁguration ﬁle.

# If mod_perl is activated, load configuration information

Perlrequire /usr/include/apache/modules/perl/startup.perl

PerlModule Apache::Registry

# set Apache::Registry Mode for /perl Alias

SetHandler perl-script

PerlHandler Apache::Registry

Options ExecCGI

PerlSendHeader On

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