Installing AXPS on Linux 2.6.9 Enterprise VPS Server
 

Hello.

I have purchased a VPS from WebFusion which runs Linux version "Linux 2.6.9-023stab048.4-enterprise"

I need to install mod_perl on the server but require AXPS to be installed first (apparently).

I also had a few other modules installed by a company so would like to have the installations tested to ensure the modules really were installed.


I am looking for somebody to either help me install AXPS and mod_perl on the VPS, or advise how I can install mod_perl - I am not 100% sure if I actually need AXPS - but I have been told it is required to install mod_perl.


I would really appreciate it if somebody with experience of installing modules on an Apache (Apache2) server could advise me on what to do.

Kind regards,
Grant

apxs is found in the httpd-devel package thats what you need to install.

Thanks datopdog, I have downloaded the module but am unsure how to install the module - can anyone offer a module installation service?

Thanks

Actually you do not need to download stuff you can just run

Thanks for your assistance, it is much appreciated.

I have logged in as root to the server using Putty software.

After entering the username and password, I get a prompt:

root@lvps212-241-214-240:~#


I entered the command you said and I got the following error:

-bash: yum: command not found


All of the modules are stored in /.cpan/build/ - I have moved into the /build/ directory and typed:

install mod_perl-2.0.4

But I get the following error:

install: missing destination file operand after `mod_perl-2.0.4'. Try `install --help' for more information.


Any ideas?

Thanks,
Grant

What distro are you using ? i thought you are using RHEL ?

I have no idea what I am using - how would I find this out?

Thanks,
Grant

Try those to check if it is redhat or debian based

Hi there.

I just tried cat /etc/*release and got this:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS"


Unfortunately that doesn't mean much to me as I am not familiar with linux.

What do you suggest is the best way forward?

Thanks again,
Grant

root@lvpsserverip:~# apt-get install libapache-mod-perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
apache-common
Suggested packages:
apache apache-ssl apache-perl apache-dev libapache-mod-perl-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache-common libapache-mod-perl
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 50 not upgraded.
Need to get 1326kB of archives.
After unpacking 4379kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de dapper-security/universe apache-common 1.3.34-2ubu ntu0.1 [837kB]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de dapper-security/universe libapache-mod-perl 1.29.0 .4-2ubuntu0.1 [489kB]
Fetched 1326kB in 0s (3079kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package apache-common.
(Reading database ... 51008 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking apache-common (from .../apache-common_1.3.34-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libapache-mod-perl.
Unpacking libapache-mod-perl (from .../libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.4-2ubuntu0.1_i3 86.deb) ...
Setting up apache-common (1.3.34-2ubuntu0.1) ...

Setting up libapache-mod-perl (1.29.0.4-2ubuntu0.1) ...



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Does this mean mod_perl has installed successfully? Is there a way to 'test' the installation?

Many thanks,
Grant

Yes it means it is installed you need to write your perl scripts and have them run under your apache

Hi, thanks alot

I only have one domain on my VPS, the perl scripts run in the cgi-bin folder - I assume this means they will then take advantage of the new modules? I was told to install a few modules which will increase the performance of the perl scripts which are in the cgi-bin folder.

Thanks again,
Grant

actually mod_perl is used to run perl scripts outside the cgi-bin in the normal web root.

When I first read your post I was slightly confused - it turns out the full solution is by installing mod_perl and making edits to the httpd.conf file, which I have listed below, I have to add these lines to the httpd.conf file:

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
Alias /perl /var/www/perl/
<Directory /var/www/perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>
</IfModule>

<Directory "/var/www/virtsrv/domain.com/cgi-bin">
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
Options ExecCGI -Indexes
</Directory>

However, my server isn't set up this way. 'var/www/perl' does not exist (there is no perl folder in the www folder?) and 'var/www/virtsrv/domain.com/cgi-bin' doesn't exist because my server is set up 'var/www'vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin')

Where would 'perl' be installed, because I need to reference it in the httpd.conf file, but the paths I have been given do not match what I can see going through the server as the root user.


Thanks,
Grant