I am struggling trying to get awstats working on my vps site

I installed mod_perl and configured httpd.conf

when I access mysite.com/cgi-bin/test.pl it offers to download it

as if it did not know what a .pl file was

there are no errors in error_log

here is relevant parts of my http.conf




LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
AddType application/x-httpd-perl .pl .p

<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride ALL
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

//ifmodule alias_module
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/"

//ifmodule mime_module
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl



Pleeease need help :{

Does awstats directory reside in /usr/lib/cgi-bin? Are the directories set to executable?
You better shouldn't have installed mod_perl. It is more complicated to work with mod_perl all in all and you don't need it to run CGI scripts.
You could run
apachectl configtest
to see if it spits out warnings in respect of the configuration.

I tried setting usr usr/lib and /usr/lib/cgi-bin to executable, I do it through nautalis on ubuntu and make the checkbox dark plus a check mark.

yes awstats.pl is in /usr/lib/cgi-bin also a file called test.pl which is not executing.

I tried apachectl command but it is not found on my debian vps. I have tried entering /usr/local/apache2/bin directory to execute it there but it is still not found. I will keep looking for it

should I uninstall mod_perl?

will it revert to perl if it was already installed?

you don't need to uninstall mod_perl but I think you better comment out the
LoadModule mod_perl line in the conf and restart the server.
If you load mod_perl then you have to configure apache according to mod_perl2 rules, name a PerlHandler PerlRun or similar. But mod_perl for apache1 and 2 are different and one has to read a while to get that started.
So if awstats is the only thing to work with perl you are better off using CGI.

apachectl is probably /usr/sbin/apache2ctl
at least you could give that a try,
good luck

I commented out

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so


still same problem with browser offering to down load file

still can't find apache2ctl

any suggestions?

Perl is installed

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

That's the default of debian/ubuntu I guess and it works fine. /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default. No AddHandler, AddType application...

Thanks J-ray but I do not have a sites-enabled/000-default file

if I created it what would I put in it?

what about addhandler and adtype, I currently have them in httpd.conf
should I remove them?

well I commented out addhandler and addtype (.pl) line in httpd.conf
and created 000-default.conf
I notice this file is included at the end of httpd.conf.

I restarted apache and still the same problem

I am also using this code now

<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

The ".../sites-enabled/default000" is a default config file that is included by apache2.conf in some distributions.
How did you install apache2? If you are using a debian based system you can simply type

sudo apt-get install apache2

and get a working http server with a configured cgi-bin...

How do you call the script?

How do you call the script?

It was pre-installed on a vps. I think it was a source install /usr/local/apache2 is the server root directory

Maybe I should see if I can remove then install again using apt, but I dont know if this will hurt the site I have created.

mysite.com/cgi-bin/test.pl