installing with apache

[R Joseph Wright <rj...@speakeasy.org>]

I just installed mod_perl using these instructions (from INSTALL.apaci):


 $ gunzip <apache_1.3.X.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 $ gunzip <mod_perl-1.X.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 $ cd mod_perl-1.X
 $ perl Makefile.PL \
     APACHE_PREFIX=/path/to/install/of/apache \
     APACHE_SRC=../apache-1.3.X/src \
     DO_HTTPD=1 \
     USE_APACI=1 \
     EVERYTHING=1 \
     APACI_ARGS='[...]' \
     [...]
 $ make
 $ make test
 $ make install

For me, "make" didn't work until I first went to the apache source tree and
did ./configure.  I also added some options to that configure, such as
--enable-module=most \ --enable-shared=max.  I hope I did that correctly
(?).
After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?

Re: installing with apache

[Bill Moseley <mo...@hank.org>]

At 12:51 AM 04/02/00 -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:
>On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Buddy Lee Haystack wrote:
>
>> Have you had a chance to look over the excellent documentation located
at [http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html]?
>
>Yes, it's very good documentation, but nowhere do I find where it tells
>what line to put in httpd.conf and where.  I get the sense from reading the
>docs that if you compile mod_perl statically into apache there is no extra
>configuration necessary.  I just can't find it, maybe I'm too tired |-O.

You don't have to turn mod_perl "on", but you do have to configure
httpd.conf to use mod_perl, of course.  And that's described at
http://perl.apache.org/guide/config.html



Bill Moseley
mailto:moseley@hank.org

Re: installing with apache

[Buddy Lee Haystack <ha...@surfree.com>]

Depending on your particular setup this will probably vary a bit. I'm a RedHat user & find that the mod_perl DSO module makes my life a bit easier, although a majority of mod_perl users roll their own, and swear by mod_perl's increased stability &
performance.;-)

I checked the "Apache Bible," and you should get a good start on getting your system running by adding a couple of lines to your httpd.conf file, but use your own particular directory structure.


**********EDIT the "httpd.conf" file by adding the following lines...
 
ScriptAlias /perl/ "/home/httpd/cgi-bin/"

Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/cgi-bin/
   <Location /perl>
     SetHandler perl-script
     PerlHandler Apache::Registry
     Options +ExecCGI
   </Location>
*********************************************
I use my setup to test, so I execute both mod_perl & standard perl scripts from the same CGI directory...
Now, anything that is accessed as http://mysite.com/perl/perlscript.cgi will
run as a mod_perl script, and anything accessed as http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/perlscript.cgi will run as a non_mod_perl script.
Use this setup only if you want to test
scripts as both normal cgi & mod_perl scripts, otherwise you'll need to point
the "Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/cgi-bin/" line & "ScriptAlias /perl/
"/home/httpd/cgi-bin/" line to point to another CGI directory of your choice.

Hope this helps!






R Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Buddy Lee Haystack wrote:
> 
> > Have you had a chance to look over the excellent documentation located at [http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html]?
> 
> Yes, it's very good documentation, but nowhere do I find where it tells
> what line to put in httpd.conf and where.  I get the sense from reading the
> docs that if you compile mod_perl statically into apache there is no extra
> configuration necessary.  I just can't find it, maybe I'm too tired |-O.
> 
> > R Joseph Wright wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Doug MacEachern wrote:
> > >
> > > > > After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
> > > > > enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?
> > > >
> > > > no, you need to add the mod_perl configuration to httpd.conf yourself.
> > >
> > > Then here is part II of the question:
> > >
> > > Where do I tell it to load mod_perl?  I know the order in which modules are
> > > loaded is important.
> >
> >

Re: installing with apache

[R Joseph Wright <rj...@speakeasy.org>]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Buddy Lee Haystack wrote:

> Have you had a chance to look over the excellent documentation located at [http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html]?

Yes, it's very good documentation, but nowhere do I find where it tells
what line to put in httpd.conf and where.  I get the sense from reading the
docs that if you compile mod_perl statically into apache there is no extra
configuration necessary.  I just can't find it, maybe I'm too tired |-O.

> R Joseph Wright wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Doug MacEachern wrote:
> > 
> > > > After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
> > > > enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?
> > >
> > > no, you need to add the mod_perl configuration to httpd.conf yourself.
> > 
> > Then here is part II of the question:
> > 
> > Where do I tell it to load mod_perl?  I know the order in which modules are
> > loaded is important.
> 
> 

Re: installing with apache

[Buddy Lee Haystack <ha...@surfree.com>]

Have you had a chance to look over the excellent documentation located at [http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html]?

R Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Doug MacEachern wrote:
> 
> > > After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
> > > enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?
> >
> > no, you need to add the mod_perl configuration to httpd.conf yourself.
> 
> Then here is part II of the question:
> 
> Where do I tell it to load mod_perl?  I know the order in which modules are
> loaded is important.

Re: installing with apache

[R Joseph Wright <rj...@speakeasy.org>]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Doug MacEachern wrote:

> > After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
> > enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?
> 
> no, you need to add the mod_perl configuration to httpd.conf yourself.

Then here is part II of the question:

Where do I tell it to load mod_perl?  I know the order in which modules are
loaded is important. 

Re: installing with apache

[Doug MacEachern <do...@covalent.net>]

> After having compiled mod_perl and apache together, shouldn't mod_perl be
> enabled in httpd.conf?  It isn't.  Have I done things correctly?

no, you need to add the mod_perl configuration to httpd.conf yourself.