How to Enable mod_perl

1) #yum -y install mod_perl
 Installation of Perl Module

2) #vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf
   perl configuration file
  Go to line 17: uncomment

     PerlSwitches -w

  Go to line 26: uncomment

     PerlSwitches -T

  Go to line 32-38: uncomment like follows

      Alias /perl /var/www/perl

     <Directory /var/www/perl> # directory for mod_perl environment

     SetHandler perl-script # looks all files as perl-scripts under this directory

#   AddHandler perl-script .cgi # if set specific files, use this line and make the line above comment

#   PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry

     PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun # set PerlRun mode

     PerlOptions +ParseHeaders

    Options +ExecCGI

    </Directory>

 Go to line 45-51: uncomment ( this is for the status of mod_perl )

    <Location /perl-status>

    SetHandler perl-script

    PerlResponseHandler Apache2::Status

    Order deny,allow

    Deny from all

    Allow from 192.168.1.2 # IP address you permit

   </Location>

3) #service httpd restart
Restarting httpd services

4) Testing
 Open web browser
Http://hostname.com/perl-status