Configuring Apace Server to run PERL scripts
Follow following steps to run PERL script on Apace Server Step 1: Open <APACHE_HOME>/conf/httpd.conf file httpd.conf - is the main configuration file for Apache HTTP Server Step 2: Search for " ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ " uncomment i.e. remove ' # ' if commented. You may need to adjust the path to run your script successfully ScriptAlias - Provides the location for CGI programs. This should be two parts, separated by whitespace. The first part is the part used in URL that triggers execution of a CGI program; the second part is the path where those CGI programs are stored in the real filesystem Step 3: Search for " AddHandler cgi-script " in the document, uncomment it, if committed and append " .pl " after " .cgi " Step 4: Modify your PERL Script. If your script is Windows executable it does't means that it will run on Apache Server as well 'coz script relies on PERL interpreter, so we have to modi