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]# cd /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/
[root@localhost cgi-bin]# vi first.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use warnings;
use warnings;
use CGI;
print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<h2>Hello, World!</h2>\n";
I am calling the script from my browser like this:
http://localhost/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/first.pl
I didn't get output, but I'm getting an error:
Not Found
The requested URL /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/first.pl was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at localhost Port 80
I checked in web browser whether the Apache web server is working or not by using :
https://localhost
It us showing the welcome page.
How do I resolve this error?
You basically need to change two files after installing apache2 on linux.
Go to terminal and set the following configs:
sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
and add the follwing:
<Files ~ "\.(pl|cgi)$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
Options +ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
</Files>
sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
and add the following:
<Directory /var/www/cgi-bin/>
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
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 <filename>
)
Finally, restart apache2: sudo apache2ctl restart
Screenshots:
Yes, the above process works but the easy way is:
CGI- sudo a2enmod cgi
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