How to run perl scripts on server? (apache2)

Question

when i visit http://example.com/asd.pl it just asks me if I want to download the script.

I have perl module installed in my httpd.conf and I have

LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

How can I run it?

Answer 1

Servers like Apache have a /cgi-bin/ handler. You would make a request to

http://example.com/cgi-bin/script.pl?param=val&param2=val

or something similar.

This script.pl actually resides elsewhere.

One common location is /usr/lib/cgi-bin.