Apache::Registry Example
Existing CGI scripts will run much faster under mod_perl. And converting existing CGI scripts to run under mod_perl is easy.
For example, here's an existing CGI script called hello.cgi.
file:hello.cgi -------------- #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; use CGI; my $q = CGI->new; print $q->header, $q->start_html, $q->h1('Hello World!'), $q->end_html;
This script can now be run as-is under Apache::Registry by using the following configuration in httpd.conf:
Apache::Registry
<Files hello.cgi> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Registry Options ExecCGI </Files>
That's basically it. Your scripts do need to be well coded, but there's even the Apache::PerlRun module to help with those "less clean" programs.
Apache::PerlRun
So how much faster do scripts run under Apache::Registry? Obviously, it depends on the script, but the hello.cgi script above ran at 7.3 requests per second as a CGI script and 243.0 requests per second with Apache::Registry.
For more information on running CGI scripts under mod_perl please see the CGI to mod_perl Porting section of The Guide.
To install DocSet, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DocSet
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DocSet
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.