mod_perl Installation

• The big trend: dynamic web pages
• How traditional perl CGI scripts work
• Why mod_perl is faster
• Who uses mod_perl?

• What you need to have
• Downloading Apache (skip if you already have Apache)
• Downloading mod_perl
• Unpacking the distributions

• Configuring Apache
• Compiling Apache
• Installing Apache
• Binary packages (RPMs)

• Configuring mod_perl
• Compiling mod_perl
• Installing mod_perl
• Creating the module directory

• The startup file
• Calling the startup file from httpd.conf

• Creating the script directory
• Aliasing the script directory in httpd.conf
• Restarting the server

• The required "Hello, World" script
• The Apache printenv script

Michael Lamont <lamonml@hera.wku.edu>
Last Updated: 6/2/2000