mod perl in apache 2.2 not parsing perl scripts

Question

I've set up a fresh Apache 2.2.15 server on windows server 2008 R2 with mod_perl (mod perl v2.0.4 / perl v5.10.1). Mod_perl and Perl 5.10 has been installed and loaded without problems. However, despite my configuration, the mod_perl module is failing to recognize and execute my .pl file, instead opting to print out the perl source instead. What did I do wrong, and how do I make perl process my pl script instead of sending it to the client?

My configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWStats\wwwroot" ServerName analysis.example.com ServerAlias analysis.example.com ErrorLog "logs/analysis.example.com-error.log" CustomLog "logs/analysis.example.com-access.log" common DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html PerlSwitches -T <Directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWStats\wwwroot"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all <FilesMatch "\.pl$"> SetHandler perl-script # #PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry PerlOptions +ParseHeaders Options +ExecCGI </FilesMatch> </directory> </VirtualHost> 

Many many thanks for the help!

Answer 1

I assume you've looked at this page? Are you certain you're loading mod_perl correctly?

I'm not sure if it matters any more, but you at least used to need to use forward-slashes for paths in Apache, so for example change "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWStats\wwwroot\cgi-bin" to "C:/Program Files (x86)/AWStats/wwwroot/cgi-bin". I also noticed that your </directory> is uncapitalized, not sure if that matters either.

You could also try using directives rather than directives, so they'll change to "" and "", respectively.