Use Perl Scripts2015/06/02

	Enable CGI and use Perl script.
[1]	Install Perl.

[root@www ~]#

dnf -y install perl perl-CGI

[2]	Configure httpd to enable CGI.

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

# line 247: by default, it is allowed to use CGI scripts under the "/var/www/cgi-bin/".

# but all files under it is looked as CGI by default.

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"

# if you use CGI scripts under any directory and specify files for CGI, add settings like follows

# line 144: change ( enable CGI, remove Indexes )

Options FollowSymLinks

ExecCGI

# line 294: uncomment and add extentions for CGI

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

.pl

[root@www ~]#

systemctl restart httpd

[3]	Create a CGI test page and access to it from client PC 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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