I'm keen to execute perl CGI scripts on my ubuntu system, So i need to configure cgi in my apache2. I followed below steps.
sudo vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add the following line somewhere:
ServerName localhost
and restart Apache.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Step 1: Create a new Apache site
To create a new site, first create a directory where you want to keep files associated with this site. I like to keep sites in
/usr/local/public_html directory. The configuration files for all sites available to Apache are stored in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory. Create a configuration file for your new site (here called samba) by copying the configuration file for the default site.sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/samba
Open the new configuration file.
sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/samba
You will notice that there is a lot of stuff between
<VirtualHost> tags. You have to edit some of this. Change the DocumentRoot path to point to the newly created site directory.DocumentRoot /usr/local/public_html
In a similar fashion, change one of the
Directory directives (it looks something like this)<Directory /var/www/>
to be consistent with your site path.
<Directory /usr/local/public_html/>
After making these changes, disable the default site using the Apache disable site script.
sudo a2dissite default
Next, use the Apache enable site script to activate the new site.
sudo a2ensite samba
Finally, restart Apache.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Create a simple
index.html file and save it in /usr/local/public_html/ to test your new site. Something simple like<html>
<strong>Ubuntu Hardy Heron is Here</strong>
<strong>Ubuntu Hardy Heron is Here</strong>
Browse (preferable on another machine) to your new site to test the configuration.
Step 2: Install phpmyadmin and create root mySQL user
In order to make mySQL database administration easy, many hosts provide phpMyAdmin. You can easily install this tool on your Ubuntu LAMP server too using the built in package management software. At the command prompt type
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install phpmyadmin
sudo aptitude install phpmyadmin
You will have to insert the Ubuntu install CD to complete this installation. During the installation the script will ask which version of Apache to automatically configure. If you installed apache as per this previous postthen select
apache2 (with space bar) and continue. After the install completes, the phpMyAdmin script should be in the /usr/share/directory and (after restarting Apache; see above) it should resolve in your browser when you type localhost/phpmyadmin (or xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/phpmyadmin). If it doesn’t, you must add the following alias and include to the bottom of the apache configuration file apache2.conf in /etc/apache2/.Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
You can log in by using root as your username and the root password configured during the mySQL installation (if you decided not to enter a mySQL password or were not prompted for a password then the password field is blank by default). Once logged on to phpMyAdmin, you can set a new root password by navigating to the privileges page, clicking the icon that looks like a pencil next to each root account (there may be more than one), and entering a password in the appropriate field of the page that loads.
Step 3: Configure a cgi-bin directory
Configuring Apache to allow CGI program execution is pretty easy. Create a directory to be used for CGI programs (here I create
/usr/local/public_html/cgi-bin) and add the following to the site configuration file (again between the <VirtualHost> tags).ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/local/public_html/cgi-bin/
<Directory /usr/local/public_html/cgi-bin/>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/local/public_html/cgi-bin/>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>
The first line creates an alias that points to the directory in which CGI scripts are stored. The final line tells Apache that only files that end with the *.cgi and *.pl extensions should be considered CGI programs and executed.
Enable CGI and perl support for apache2 server
You need to install the following package
You need to create a cgi-bin directory using the following command
sudo mkdir /home/www/cgi-bin
Configuring Apache to allow CGI program execution is pretty easy. Create a directory to be used for CGI programs and add the following to the site configuration file (again between the <VirtualHost> tags).
Test your Perl Program
cd /home/www/cgi-bin
sudo nano perltest.pl
Copy and paste the following section save and exit the file.
sudo chmod a+x perltest.pl
Now open your web browser open http://yourserverip/cgi-bin/perltest.pl.It should be working.
To Enable the apache with the CGI :
Enable CGI and perl support for apache2 server
You need to install the following package
sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-perl2Configure a cgi-bin directory
You need to create a cgi-bin directory using the following command
sudo mkdir /home/www/cgi-bin
Configuring Apache to allow CGI program execution is pretty easy. Create a directory to be used for CGI programs and add the following to the site configuration file (again between the <VirtualHost> tags).
The first line creates an alias that points to the directory in which CGI scripts are stored. The final line tells Apache that only files that end with the *.cgi and *.pl extensions should be considered CGI programs and executed.ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/www/cgi-bin/
<Directory /home/www/cgi-bin/>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>
Test your Perl Program
cd /home/www/cgi-bin
sudo nano perltest.pl
Copy and paste the following section save and exit the file.
make sure you change permissions on it###Start###
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n";
print "Hello there!<br />\nJust testing .<br />\n";
for ($i=0; $i<10; $i++)
{
print $i."<br />";
}
###End###
sudo chmod a+x perltest.pl
Now open your web browser open http://yourserverip/cgi-bin/perltest.pl.It should be working.
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