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Apache httpd : Configure mod_perl2019/12/26

 
Install [mod_perl] to make Perl scripts be fast.
[1] Install [mod_perl].
# install from EPEL

[root@www ~]#
dnf --enablerepo=epel -y install mod_perl
[2] Configure [PerlRun] mode which always put Perl interpreter on RAM.
[root@www ~]#
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf
# line 15: uncomment (check codes and output warnings to logs)

PerlSwitches -w
# line 24: uncomment

PerlSwitches -T
# line 30-36: uncomment like follows

Alias /perl /var/www/perl
<Directory /var/www/perl>
    # processes files as perl-scripts under the directory
    SetHandler perl-script
    # set specific extension if do not want to processes all files as CGI
    AddHandler perl-script .cgi
#    PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
    # add the line to specify PerlRun mode
    PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
    PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
    Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>

# line 43-49: uncomment and add like follows (for status page)

<Location /perl-status>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlResponseHandler Apache2::Status
    # set any acccess permission you need
    Require ip 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/24 
#    Order deny,allow
#    Deny from all
#    Allow from .example.com
</Location>

[root@www ~]#
systemctl restart httpd

[3] Create a test script to verify settings.
[root@www ~]#
mkdir /var/www/perl

[root@www ~]#
vi /var/www/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

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

my $a = 0;
&number();

sub number {
    $a++;
    print "number \$a = $a \n";
}

[root@www ~]#
chmod 705 /var/www/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 1
[4] Configure Registry mode which has caches of executed codes on RAM.
[root@www ~]#
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf
Alias /perl /var/www/perl
<Directory /var/www/perl>
#    SetHandler perl-script
    AddHandler perl-script .cgi
    # enable the line for Registry mode
    PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
#    PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
    PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
    Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>

[root@www ~]#
systemctl restart httpd

[5] Access to the test script which is an example of [3] section, then variable increases by reloading because variable is cached on RAM. So it's necessarry to edit the code for Registry mode.
[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 1
[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 2
[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 3
[root@www ~]#
vi /var/www/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

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

my $a = 0;
&number($a);

sub number {
    my($a) = @_;
    $a++;
    print "number \$a = $a \n";
}

[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 1
[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 1
[root@www ~]#
curl https://www.srv.world/perl/test-mod_perl.cgi

number $a = 1
[6] By the way, it's possible to see the status of [mod_perl] to access to [(your hostname or IP address)/perl-status].
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