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UBUNTU 14.4 apache2 2.4 attempting to call a perl script from javascript on client yields the text of the file rather than executing it.

Posted on December 4, 2015

Apache

Perl

LAMP Stack

By warrenmurphy

I can not find a configuration error. Help.

UBUNTU 14.4 apache2 2.4 attempting to call a perl script from gavascript on client yields the text of the file rather than executing it. I can not find a configuration error. Help. The perl script will execute correctly from the command line.

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Ryan Quinn

June 23, 2016

In order for a perl script to be executed by Apache you need to set up the cgi module. To do this:

enable the CGI module

a2enmod cgi

By default, perl scripts are only allowed to be executed from /usr/lib/cgi-bin. In order to run them within your web root you will need to adjust your Apache configuration. If you are using a default configuration you will need to edit the config file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ so it reflects:

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options +ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
</Directory>

Now restart apache so the changes you’ve made take effect:

service apache2 restart

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