Use Perl Scripts2015/05/11

	Enable CGI and Use Perl Scripts.
[1]	Install Perl.

root@www:~#

aptitude -y install perl

[2]	Configure Apache2. The example settings makes it's possible to use CGI on any directory.

root@www:~#

vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf

# line 2: add file name that it can access only with directory's name

DirectoryIndex index.html

index.cgi

root@www:~#

vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mime.conf

# line 219: uncomment and add extensions for CGI

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

.pl

root@www:~#

vi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

ServerAdmin webmaster@srv.world
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

# line 13: add

<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
Options +ExecCGI
Require all granted
</Directory>

root@www:~#

a2enmod cgid

Enabling module cgid.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 restart

root@www:~#

systemctl restart apache2

[3]	Create a CGI test page and access to it with web browser. It's OK if following page is shown.

root@www:~#

vi /var/www/html/index.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n<body>\n";
print "<div style=\"width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">\n";
print "CGI Test Page";
print "\n</div>\n";
print "</body>\n</html>\n";

root@www:~#

chmod 705 /var/www/html/index.cgi

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