Apache notes
From raju
Configure Apache so users can set up their own websites
Set of packages I have installed are
rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ dpkg -l \*apache\* | grep ^ii ii apache2 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server ii apache2-bin 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (modules and other binary files) ii apache2-data 2.4.10-6 all Apache HTTP Server (common files) ii apache2-utils 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (utility programs for web servers) ii libapache-poi-java 3.10-1 all Apache POI - Java API for Microsoft Documents ii libapache-pom-java 10-2 all Maven metadata for all Apache Software projects ii libapache2-mod-perl2-doc 2.0.9~1624218-2 all Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server - documentation
Enable the userdir module and restart the web server
root@hogwarts:~# a2enmod userdir Enabling module userdir. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart root@hogwarts:~# service apache2 restart [ ok ] Restarting web server: apache2.
I did not have to change default configuration. For reference, here is the default userdir module configuration.
root@hogwarts:~# cat /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all granted
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all denied
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
Create the public_html directory under the user account.
rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ mkdir public_html
change the group owner to www-data and restart the web server. You need to be root to do both of this.
root@hogwarts:~# chgrp www-data /home/rajulocal/public_html/ root@hogwarts:~# service apache2 restart [ ok ] Restarting web server: apache2.
Any content under /home/rajulocal/public_html/ can now be viewed under http://localhost/~rajulocal
rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ cp /var/www/html/index.html public_html/
Which can be viewed as http://localhost/~rajulocal/index.html or simply http://localhost/~rajulocal
Ref:- https://wiki.debian.org/LaMp
Debian Apache mod_perl configuration
Here are the packages I have installed
root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# dpkg -l \*mod-perl\* | grep ^ii ii libapache2-mod-perl2 2.0.9~1624218-2 amd64 Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server ii libapache2-mod-perl2-doc 2.0.9~1624218-2 all Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server - documentation
Debian supplies the perl.load file which looks like the following
root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# cat perl.load LoadModule perl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so
However, unlike other modules (ex:- userdir), it does not supply the .conf file. Here is my configuration file
root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# ls -al perl.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 Nov 17 00:19 perl.conf
root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# cat perl.conf
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
Alias /perl/ /home/rajulocal/public_html/perl/
<Location /perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
Options +ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>
</IfModule>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
To understand the meaning of various directives (ex:- Alias, Location) see http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/config.html and also http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html .
After adding the configuration file, I did
root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# a2dismod perl Module perl disabled. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# service apache2 restart [ ok ] Restarting web server: apache2. root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# a2enmod perl Enabling module perl. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart root@hogwarts:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# service apache2 restart [ ok ] Restarting web server: apache2.
to make it effective.
To test it, create a simple perl script in the directory pointed by the Alias directive in the perl.conf file.
rajulocal@hogwarts:~/public_html/perl$ ls -al mod_perl_rules1.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 rajulocal rajulocal 82 Nov 17 01:11 mod_perl_rules1.pl rajulocal@hogwarts:~/public_html/perl$ cat mod_perl_rules1.pl #! /usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "mod_perl rules!\n"; rajulocal@hogwarts:~/public_html/perl$ ./mod_perl_rules1.pl Content-type: text/plain mod_perl rules!
Now point the web browser to http://localhost/perl/mod_perl_rules1.pl which should print
mod_perl rules!
Notice that pointing the web browser to http://localhost/perl/mod_perl_rules1.pl will execute the script while pointing it to http://localhost/~rajulocal/perl/mod_perl_rules1.pl will launch a file-dialog box (at least in iceweasel). The change in the URI is due to the Alias directive in perl.conf file.
More details of my system
rajulocal@hogwarts:~/public_html/perl$ dpkg -l \*iceweasel\* | grep ^ii | grep -v l10n ii iceweasel 31.2.0esr-2~deb7u1 amd64 Web browser based on Firefox ii iceweasel-dbg 31.2.0esr-2~deb7u1 amd64 Debugging symbols for Iceweasel rajulocal@hogwarts:~/public_html/perl$ dpkg -l \*apache\* | grep ^ii ii apache2 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server ii apache2-bin 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (modules and other binary files) ii apache2-data 2.4.10-6 all Apache HTTP Server (common files) ii apache2-doc 2.4.10-7 all Apache HTTP Server (on-site documentation) ii apache2-utils 2.4.10-6 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (utility programs for web servers) ii libapache-poi-java 3.10-1 all Apache POI - Java API for Microsoft Documents ii libapache-pom-java 10-2 all Maven metadata for all Apache Software projects ii libapache2-mod-perl2 2.0.9~1624218-2 amd64 Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server ii libapache2-mod-perl2-doc 2.0.9~1624218-2 all Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server - documentation ii libapache2-reload-perl 0.12-3 all module for reloading Perl modules when changed on disk
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