execute perl scripts in CGI-BIN

To execute perl scripts using apache2 in cgi-bin.


step 1#cp /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi* /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/.

step 2#vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/
< Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/" >
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
< /Directory >


step 3#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

step 4#vi hello.pl

add following line into file hello.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "< html > < head > \n";
print "< title > Hello, world! < /title > < /head > \n";
print "< body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" text=\"#000000\" link=\"#FF0000\" vlink=\"#8000
00\" > \n";
print "< h1 > Hello, PERL world! < /h1 > \n";
print "< a href=\"../perl/tutorial.html\" > < b > Back </b > < /a > to the Tutorial\n";
print "< /body > < /html > \n";


step 5#cp hello.pl /var/www/cgi-bin/.


step 6#http://localhost/cgi-bin/hello.pl

step 7#for error do check into /var/log/apache/error.log