Module for trying out CGI/Apache+Perl

[perl514]

Respected Monks,

Kindly suggest a module that I can use to create CGI/Apache Perl Scripts.

I am planning to create scripts that will pull information from a few SAN Storage Arrays and display it in a webpage. The script will be running on a Win 2003 32 Bit Server. There are chances that I could get access to a Linux Box (Redhat 5.8) from which I can run the scripts as well, so will have to create the scripts accordingly.

Before trying out anything on the office servers, I am planning to play around with it on my personal laptop, but it runs on Ubuntu 12.04. Should I install CentOS/Scientific Linux on my laptop and then try Apache or no need to do so? Because from what I have seen so far, there is a vast difference between the two Linux Versions.

I will be extremely thankful if someone could answer the questions.

[dasgar]

I would suggest checking out Dancer or Mojolicious. Both are web frameworks and will have a small lightweight "web server" that you can use to test your code. When you're ready to go live, you can migrate your code to a web server. (Or, if you know for a fact that very few individuals will be accessing the web stuff, you could just use one of the "web servers" that come with the modules instead of using Apache.)

[thomas895]

If it's only a few lines that do some simple, trivial things and don't need to be accessed several hundred times per second, then just plain old CGI(::Application) will work just fine, too.
In this case, Apache is overkill, and a server such as thttpd can work just fine.

[sundialsvc4]

Plan carefully.   There are very-lightweight HTTP servers such as HTTP::Server::Simple which you can execute right within your own login session, and connect-to by opening a specified port-number at localhost, which is always your own machine.   This will create an environment that is functionally identical to the one that Apache will create for you, and it is considerably easier for testing.   (For intra-net purposes, I have been known to use those packages in production, and they work just fine.)

I happen also to be fond of Plack, and use the plackup command at the command-line to run a local-server instance in the same way.

[Shuraski]

Dancer is a PSGI based application. All the benefits of Plack. Plus really, really easy to install, test, and deploy.

[perl514]

Respected Monks,

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. I will surely try all the options you have given above.

For some reason, this question does not appear in the "SOPW" or Monastery Section. It only lists under my name. Is there something wrong with my question? Kindly let me know.

[kcott]

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