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I recently installed perl from activeperl.com and installed apache 2.0.48. Everything seems to have installed okay.
I am, however, having difficulty trying to run a test cgi script.
Can you tell me how to set up the localhost portion of the url?
For example: http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi
How do I create or configure the localhost portion of that url?
I would like to test my scripts on my own machine/server before uploading them to a remote server (hosting provider).
Any suggestions on how to configure the localhost portion of the url?

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Re: setting up perl to work with appache
by neniro (Priest) on Mar 11, 2004 at 06:07 UTC
    If you're using apache on windows you have to put your .cgi-files in the folder C:\Programs\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin. Use the following header (with your install path) in your .cgi's and it should work: 
    #!c:/Perl/bin/Perl.exe

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Re: setting up perl to work with appache
by AcidHawk (Vicar) on Mar 11, 2004 at 07:15 UTC
    See my comments at Re: setting up a localhost for info on the localhost part.
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      I still wasn't able to get my localhost to work. Here's the cgi script I'm trying to run: 
      #!C:\perl\bin\perl.exe -wT

use strict;
use CGI;

my $query = new CGI;


print $query->header( "text/html" );

print <<END_HERE;
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My First CGI Script</title>
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
    <h1>This is a pretty lame Web page</h1>
    <p>Who is this Ovid guy, anyway?</p>
  </body>
</html>
END_HERE
# must have a line after "END_HERE" or Perl won't recognize
# the token

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      And here is how my configuration file httpd.conf is set up: 
      #
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify 
+itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you spe
+cify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If this is not set to valid DNS name for your host, server-generated
# redirections will not work.  See also the UseCanonicalName directive
+.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP addres
+s here.
# You will have to access it by its address anyway, and this will make
+ 
# redirections work in a sensible way.
#
# rebot.mn.rr.com:80
# 127.0.0.1:80
ServerName 127.0.0.1

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      my script alias is also set up the following way: 
      # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to th
+e client.
# The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as
+ to
# Alias.
#
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/cgi-bin/"

#
# "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/cgi-bin" should be changed to
+ whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

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      I am trying to use 127.0.0.1 to access and run this script. When I type the following script into the browser nothing happens and the browser keeps running and trying to load the page (acts like an infinate loop): http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/test.cgi thank you for your suggestion. I just can't get it to work. Does the fact that I'm also using ZoneAlarm and a hub make any difference? I don't know.
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        I cut and pasted your cgi and put it into my cgi-bin dir and added a link to my test page and it worked fine. So there is no problem with your cgi (Other than the message I get that it is too late for -T). Also your httpd.conf settings look fine.

        You mentioned that you are using a hub..? Are you connecting to the url from the local machine or across a network..? Also Turn ZoneAlarm off for a bit while you are testing..?

        Let us know what happens..

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Re: setting up perl to work with appache
by BUU (Prior) on Mar 11, 2004 at 07:51 UTC
    A different solution. If localhost isn't working, just use 127.0.0.1, as that address always point to your own computer.
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