HCSuperStores Posted April 28, 2004 Posted April 28, 2004 Hello potential helpers! Not sure where to put this thread. I've set up Apache on my Linux computer to serve up pages for a testing environment. I mostly develop software and it should speed up my development process. Anyway, at one point I had it working and now I just can't seem to find out how to get it going again. I switch HDs, so I reinstalled everything. I have SSI (Server Side Includes) on some of my web pages. I know that SSI works because using the "#include exe=" works. However, if I try "#include virtual=" the script (using perl) does not process. Instead I end up viewing my perl code ... the text. I use symobolic references to get at my perl script directory. I think it's something to do with my Apache configuration files, but I've adjusted all that I think I need ... still nothing. I've given the options as "Alll" and include the correct prefix. Not sure what I'm missing here. I'm using Mandrake 10.0 Linux with Apache 2.0. I've been stuck for a while on this. Just can't seem to get by it. If you can help ... thank you in advance! Quote
TCH-Rob Posted April 28, 2004 Posted April 28, 2004 Bill, Just moving to a better forum, not adept enough to provide an answer. Quote
HCSuperStores Posted April 28, 2004 Author Posted April 28, 2004 Not a problem Rob ... I expected that there would be a move required. Thnx! Quote
HCSuperStores Posted May 1, 2004 Author Posted May 1, 2004 Keeping the thread alive ... hoping someone might have some ideas. Thnx! Quote
MikeJ Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 When you use "virtual" includes, it basically makes another call to the webserver, so the webserver needs to know how to handle it. So, if the file your including is "/somedir/somefile.pl" for example... if you go to "http://localhost/somedir/somefile.pl" with your browser, the output you get is the same as what the include will get (which I believe in your case would be just source code). There's basically 3 ways to correct this (exclusive of each other)... Put the perl script in a ScriptAlias directory (like /cgi-bin). It's already setup to execute CGI's. Add something like "AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl" to your httpd.conf file. This will allow cgi's with those extentions to be run from any directory. Enable "ExecCGI" for the directory you have the script in (see apache documentation for ways to do this). Number 2 is probably your simplest option, and would be a good choice to make your environment better match TCH's. Quote
MikeJ Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 Btw, I should mention that "AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl" or something very similar is probably already in your httpd.conf. You probably just need to uncomment it. Quote
HCSuperStores Posted May 1, 2004 Author Posted May 1, 2004 Thanking you just doesn't come close to my appreciation on this. I was barking up the wrong tree the whole time. As a completely hetrosexual man, having 6 kids and a wife of 15 years to prove it, I would give you a square kiss on the lips for the help you just gave to me. I'm sure now you have a new appreciation for working from your very REMOTE location ... Seriously, it worked just like ... in seconds! Restarted the apache server and received the multitue of script errors I have been hoping for! Thank you! TYVM! TY TY TY! :heart (that's as close as I'll get ... I promise I was so fixated that it was related to Options that my brain didn't go anywere else. Seeing also that I'm not that expereinced on server end didn't help either. So again ... thank you! Quote
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