We went through a bit of an tricky patch when Ubuntu prematurely switched from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 (with major changes needed for mod_perl to work), like 6-12months before it was ready.
But otherwise, I have not had any major issues with ubuntu and apache/mod_perl. *Lathan Bidwell*Web Programmer Division of Integrated Marketing & Communication Andrews University 269-471-6313 *office*www.andrews.edu "Seek Knowledge. Affirm Faith. Change the World." On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Dr James Smith <j...@sanger.ac.uk> wrote: > We tend to now use Ubuntu LTS set ups for our webservers - currently a mix > of 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04 depening on which part of the production cycle we > are on (yes we have at least 60 for approx 120 different websites)... > > On 03/10/2016 18:09, John Dunlap wrote: > > You're going to be better off with Debian than you will be with CentOS > because Debian actually ships with precompiled mod_perl packages. > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:08 PM, daniel.axtell <daniel.axt...@snet.net> > wrote: > >> I've been trying to migrate a site with a lot of Perl legacy code running >> under Apache 2.2 and mod_perl. The server I was migrating to uses CentOS >> 7, and the default Apache 2.4 and perl 5.16 seem unusually difficult to >> configure. I'm not even able to get CGI scripts to run. In the past I've >> built Perl, Apache and mod_perl from source, but that seems like a lot of >> unnecessary work. Ideally I'd like to use the stock Apache and Perl from >> the distribution, and just install CPAN modules, data and config files and >> go. I'm curious if people here find a particular Linux distribution Perl >> and mod_perl friendly, as the RedHat and CentOS distributions seem pretty >> hostile. CentOS 7 has a third-party module of mod_perl 2.0.8 but if I >> can't get CGI working correctly I don't really trust it. >> >> Should I just assume building everything in the LAMP stack from source is >> the way to go? >> >> Dan >> > > > > -- > John Dunlap > *CTO | Lariat * > > *Direct:* > *j...@lariat.co <j...@lariat.co>* > > * Customer Service:* > 877.268.6667 > supp...@lariat.co > > > > -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research > Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company > registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 > Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. >
