How to run cgi script on apache server

Question

This is my program:

[root@localhost cgi-bin]# locate first.pl 
/home/Ram/Desktop/work/first.pl
/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/first.pl
[root@localhost cgi-bin]#          


        

Answer 1

You basically need to change two files after installing apache2 on linux.

Go to terminal and set the following configs:

1. sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and add the follwing:

   
       SetHandler perl-script
       PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
       Options +ExecCGI
       PerlSendHeader On
   
   

2. sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and add the following:

   AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None

After adding these two config changes, write a perl script, place it in the cgi-bin directory, and then give it sufficient privileges (sudo chmod 755 )

Finally, restart apache2: sudo apache2ctl restart

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