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mod_perl and Apache::Registry (code)

by deprecated (Priest)
on Nov 14, 2001 at 00:07 UTC ( #125132=perlquestion: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
deprecated has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm having a problem with a perl script on an apache server using mod_perl. This is a mostly default mandrake 8.1 install, but I know my way around apache configs.

This is a very _old_ server, and it literally takes 21% of the cpu to launch this cgi. It takes a few (maybe 5) seconds to actually display to the browser. However, it takes less than one second if i rename 'index.cgi' to ''. As I understand it, this is mod_perl working for me. Now, a friend told me I could use Apache::Registry to 'cache' the file in the server so that it would not have to re-read it every time (the pod seems to agree with this). So I tossed a use Apache::Registry in there, and let 'er rip.

First, the page displays right the first and only time I load it. then after that, it just spits out the source. If add '.pl' to the "add handler" section of the config file (after .cgi), it seems that mod_perl does not get to process it, and it reverts to being slow.

I do in fact have the

<IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.php3 index.shtml index.c +gi index.htm Default.htm default.htm </IfModule>
directive in the config file. I suspect that it may have something to do with:
q(<meta http-equiv="refresh" CONTENT="10; URL= +/">),
and the caching of browsers and the like. Has anyone seen behaviour like this out of mod_perl? I'm rather new to it.

brother dep.

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Re: mod_perl and Apache::Registry (code)
by perrin (Chancellor) on Nov 14, 2001 at 01:00 UTC
    Please post your httpd.conf. You don't need to use Apache::Registry in your code, just in httpd.conf or You also have to configure Apache::Regsirty as the handler for the files or directories with your scripts to run.
      Erm, my httpd.conf is split over at least four different files. Is there something in specific I should be looking for? I'm also not particularly comfortable a) pasting 700 lines of httpd.conf to perlmonks b) pasting my httpd.conf anywhere.


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        Just post the part where you set up Apache::Registry as a PerlHandler. If there is no such part, that's the problem.
Re: mod_perl and Apache::Registry (code)
by princepawn (Parson) on Nov 14, 2001 at 03:47 UTC
    Here is the relevant code from KM's and Brent Michalski's book: "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" <code> <Files *.rpl$> SetHandler perl-script Perlhandler Apache::Registry PerlSendHeader On Options +ExecCGI </Files>

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