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mod_perl 2 User's Guide, by Stas Bekman and Jim Brandt - Onyx Neon Press

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Mod perl 2 User's Guide. Mod perl 2, the next generation of the Apache Perl module, gives you full access to the Apache 2 internals via the Perl programming language, just as mod perl 1 gave you access to Apache 1. New features in Apache and Perl make mod perl 2 even more powerful and useful than before, allowing you to quickly write and deploy fast, robust web applications. Protocol Modules give Apache and mod perl the potential to serve any protocol, not just HTTP. Testing framework, useful for Perl an...

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Practical mod_perl: Table of Contents

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Part I. mod perl Administration. 1 Introducing CGI and mod perl. A Brief History of CGI. The Apache 1.3 Server Model. The Development of mod perl 1.0. Apache 1.3 Request Processing Phases. 2 Getting Started Fast. Installing mod perl 1.0 in Three Steps. Installing mod perl on Unix Platforms. Configuring and Starting the mod perl Server. Installing mod perl for Windows. Preparing the Scripts Directory. A Sample Apache: Registry Script. A Simple mod perl Content Handler. 3 Installing mod perl. Perl Specific...

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Practical mod_perl: Part 2: mod_perl Performance

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Part 2: mod perl Performance. Part II. mod perl Performance. This section explains the details of tuning mod perl and the scripts running under it, so you can squeeze every ounce of power from your server. Performance tuning is a very complex task requiring a lot of understanding and experience, but once you acquire this knowledge you can make magic with your server. This section contains the following chapters:. Helps you track down exactly where your performance problems are. Gives some guidance on how...

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Practical mod_perl: 8.1. Choosing the Right Operating System

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81 Choosing the Right Operating System. This section discusses the characteristics and features you should be looking for to support a mod perl-enabled Apache server. When you know what you want from your OS, you can go out and find it. Visit the web sites of the operating systems that interest you. You can gauge users' opinions by searching the relevant discussions in newsgroup and mailing-list archives. Deja ( http:/ deja.com/. And eGroups ( http:/ egroups.com/. Mod perl2 User's Guide.

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Practical mod_perl: 6.1. Before You Start to Code

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61 Before You Start to Code. There are three important things you need to know before you start your journey in a mod perl world: how to access mod perl and related documentation, and how to develop your Perl code when the. Prev: Chapter 6. Coding with mod perl in Mind. Next: 6.1.1. Accessing Documentation. Mod perl2 User's Guide. Hosted by ibiblio.org.

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Practical mod_perl: 4.1. Apache Configuration

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Apache configuration can be confusing. To minimize the number of things that can go wrong, it's a good idea to first configure Apache itself without mod perl. So before we go into mod perl configuration, let's look at the basics of Apache itself. Prev: Chapter 4. mod perl Configuration. Next: 4.1.1. Configuration Files. Mod perl2 User's Guide. Hosted by ibiblio.org.

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Practical mod_perl: 7.1. Looking at the Big Picture

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71 Looking at the Big Picture. To make the user's web-browsing experience as painless as possible, every effort must be made to wring the last drop of performance from the server. Many factors affect web site usability, but one of the most important is speed. (This applies to any web server, not just Apache.). How do we measure the speed of a server? A request may be made up of several packets, and a response may contain a few hundred (typical for a. Request). Remember that the Internet standard for ...

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Practical mod_perl: 10.1. Sharing Memory

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The sharing of memory is a very important factor. If your OS supports it (and most sane systems do), a lot of memory can be saved by sharing it between child processes. This is possible only when code is preloaded at server startup. However, during a child process's life, its memory pages tend to become unshared. Here is why. Effect (explained in a moment) will hit almost at random. The ideal is a point where processes usually restart before too much memory becomes unshared. You should take some meas...

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Practical mod_perl: 2.1. Installing mod_perl 1.0 in Three Steps

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21 Installing mod perl 1.0 in Three Steps. You can install mod perl in three easy steps: obtain the source files required to build mod perl, build mod perl, and install it. Building mod perl from source requires a machine with basic development tools. In particular, you will need an ANSI-compliant gcc. Utility. All standard Unix-like distributions include these tools. If a required tool is not already installed, you can install it with the package manager that is provided with the system ( rpm. For more ...