Hi Perrin, Ged and Stas,
Thanks for responding to my problem. Fact is I am
the administrator of our server which has an Apache
web server w/ ssl and php. I am also the programmer
writing CGI perl scripts which interact w/ Oracle and
mySQL on our web site. I thought it would reduce the
server's overhead if we could convert the CGI perl
scripts to something like mod_perl OR JSP. JSP loaded
like a charm, mod_perl was anything but. Problem w/
JSP is that I would have to convert all the scripts to
Java - not an undaunting task, but time-consuming. I
would rather use mod_perl if it would co-operate.
Perrin, I have no idea if DSO is still involved,
it seemed to be one of the earlier attempts, and may
still be hanging around - not sure. I think DSO is
the Unix equivalent to Windows dlls. I also think I
read that they are not as stable - not sure.
Perhaps someone can look at the build I use when
trying to install mod_perl (v1.26) and Apache
(v1.3.23)
and tell me what I am doing wrong. Here they are:
bld.mod_perl
------------
perl Makefile.PL \
USE_APACI=1 \
EVERYTHING=1 \
DO_HTTPD=1 \
SSL_BASE=/usr/local/ssl \
APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local/apache \
APACHE_SRC=/home/ssl/apache_1.3.23 \
APACI_ARGS=--enable-module=ssl,--enable-module=proxy
\
APACI_ARGS=--enable-shares=ssl,--enable-shared=proxy
\
APACI_ARGS=--prefix=/usr/local/apache,--enable-module=rewrite
bld.apache
----------
SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.6b configure \
--enable-module=ssl \
--enable-module=proxy \
--enable-module=info \
--enable-module=status \
--enable-shared=ssl \
--enable-shared=proxy \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache
The steps I perform are as follows:
/home/ssl/mod_perl-1.26
1. bld.mod_perl
2. make
3. make install
note. I can't use make test because I don't
have LWP.
/home/ssl/apache_1.3.23
4. make install
After I install the apache server I check the
httpd.conf. In it are 2 key lines:
LoadModule perl_module libexec/libperl.so
AddModule mod_perl.c
If I leave them alone the when I try to bring up any
web page from the server on a browser I get the msg
(in a stand alone window):
'The document contained no data'
and nothing appears on my browser. However the
error_log indicates that mod_perl is indeed installed.
When I comment out the AddModule mod_perl.c line then
I can bring up web pages on my browser, but the
error_log indicates that mod_perl is NOT installed.
The line
Include conf/mod_perl.conf
is also contained in my httpd.conf, and it is
mod_perl.conf
-------------
PerlRequire conf/mod_perl.pl
PerlFreshRestart On
<Location /hello/world>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Hello
</Location>
Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/perl/
PerlModule Apache::Registry
<Location /perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
PerlSendHeader On
Options ExecCGI
</Location>
This does not give any error that it cannot be read
and therefore I am led to believe that mod_perl IS
installed. However, when I try to browse my hello.pl
file (from Apache Modules w/ Perl & C, pp 42-4) it
displays it as text rather than an html page. It's as
if the Options ExecCGI were not applied.
Ged, I had earlier tried to build mod_perl and
apache w/o ssl, and php but I ran into an immediate
problem and gave up. Before I began I mved the entire
web server to another location, the built it as if
from scratch using very simple builds. The problem I
encountered was that I could not start apache. I will
try it again by modifying the basic builds.
I apologize for all the pleas for help but I don't
know where else to turn. As I mentioned earlier, if I
cannot install it I might have to give up and switch
to JSP - that does work. Quite frankly, I have been
reading so much stuff on the configuration of mod_perl
my head is beginning to spin out of control.
Thanks again.
John Kolvereid
--- Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stas Bekman wrote:
> > Arh, I mean to use the hints how to get the core
> dump backtrace.
>
> Hang on, this guy is just trying to do an install.
> He shouldn't need to
> troubleshoot at that low a level.
>
> John, who built this server and why is it DSO? If
> you have control of
> this system, I would recommend that you simply start
> over and build
> Apache/mod_perl statically, following the
> instructions that come in the
> mod_perl package. It completely avoids all of the
> AddModule business
> that is getting you confused.
>
> I've always avoided DSO like the plague, but if
> you're really determined
> to use it your best bet is to let the mod_perl build
> script do the
> LoadModule/AddModule stuff for you, which it will do
> if you tell it to
> with the USE_DSO=1 flag.
>
> - Perrin
>
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