Description

There are a few things that need to be done to set up apache2 to run a CGI bin directory so you can run perl scripts. The first is to set apache modules and then then configure the apache vhost conf file.

Setting Up Modules

I edit my /etc/make.conf file to keep all my modules for the my apache installation.
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#/etc/make.conf
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias proxy cgi cgid"
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Setup Vhost conf file

These are the things you need to setup your apache vhost conf
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ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/zaphinath/cgi-bin/"
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

<directory /var/www/yourdirectory/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
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So that now all you have to do is make sure you run the following commands to make sure your apache is reconfigured and vhosts is set up.

[bash]
emerge -av apache
apachectl graceful
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