Re: [cobalt-users] Mod_Perl

["Brian Busche" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for taking the time to explain that Larry, I am really pleased with
the level of cooperation that goes on in this group.

One last question if I may, did the mod_perl have a dramatic effect on
improving the performance of heavy CGI scripts?


Brian Busche
brin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Nedry <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Brian Busche <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Mod_Perl


> On 2/26/00 at 10:21 PM Brian Busche wrote:
> > Anyone running Mod_Perl on a RAQ2?
>
> Brian,
>
> I have installed Mod_Perl 1.21 as a Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) on a RaQ1
> (upgraded to a RaQ2).  As far as I can tell I have not had any problems.
> The following are the steps I used to install it.  If you are not
confident
> about what you are doing with these steps, then I suggest you hold off
> until you are more experienced with this type of install.  There are other
> ways to install this but this way seemed to be the easiest.
>
> This install will only work if you are running Apache 1.3.3-1C7.  For
newer
> versions of Apache you will need to use the appropriate Apache sources.
>
> 1) telnet to RaQ
>
> 2) at the # prompt type:
>    # /usr/sbin/httpd -l
>
> 3) if you see mod_so.c in the list then you can continue with this
install.
>
> 4) login as root:
>    # su
>
> 5) go to the /tmp directory:
>    # cd /tmp
>
> 6) I did not have a copy of the apache sources so I downloaded them to my
RaQ:
>    # wget http://www.apache.org/dist/old/apache_1.3.3.tar.gz
>
> 7) un-compress the apache sources:
>    # tar zxvf apache_1.3.3.tar.gz
>
> 8) download the mod_perl sources:
>    # wget wget http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-1.21.tar.gz
>
> 9) un-compress the mod_perl sources:
>    # tar zxvf mod_perl-1.21.tar.gz
>
> 10) go to the mod_perl directory:
>    # cd mod_perl-1.21
>
> 11) I built Mod_Perl as a using all of the hooks and without building a
new
> httpd:
>    # perl Makefile.PL \
>    # USE_APXS=1 \
>    # WITH_APXS=/usr/sbin/apxs \
>    # NO_HTTPD=1 \
>    # EVERYTHING=1 \
>    # [...]
>    # make && make install
>
> 12) restart the Apache server:
>    # /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.init stop
>    # /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.init start
>
> Just to make sure these steps really work, I tried them on another RaQ
just
> now.
>
> For more information take a look at:
> http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html#Build_mod_perl_as_DSO_outside_Ap
>
> Larry
>
>
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