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SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to configure and test a PERL script with Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 and Internet Information Services (IIS) versions 5.0 and 5.1.
The following PERL script can be used with IIS to test for the correct installation and execution of both Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) PERL script language interpreters, such as ActiveState PERL and PERL for ISAPI.
For more information about ActiveState PERL interpreters, visit the following ActiveState Web site:
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Create a Test PERL Script
In Notepad, save the following lines of code in the Scripts directory as Helloworld.pl:
$url = "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}$ENV{URL}";
$ip = "$ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}";
print <<ENDOFTEXT;
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Hello World!</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H4>Hello World!</H4>
<P>You have reached <a href="$url">$url</a></P>
<P>Your IP Address is $ip</P>
<H5>Have a nice day!</H5>
</BODY>
</HTML>
ENDOFTEXT
exit(0);
NOTE: The PERL language permits no spaces at the beginning of a line.
NOTE: After you create the file, you must configure PERL to run securely with IIS. Do not put Perl.exe in any of the directories that are accessible by a user with a browser.
By using the Internet Service Manager (ISM) Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, you can put the Perl.exe or PerlIS.dll files outside the typical Web directory structure that a user has access to, and you can use the
Script Mapping feature of IIS to configure execution of PERL scripts.
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Configure PERL Script Mapping for IIS 4.0
- Click Start, click Programs, click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, click Microsoft Internet Information Server, and then click Internet Service Manager.
- Right-click a Web site that you want to enable PERL for, and then click Properties.
- Click the Home Directory tab.
- Click Configuration.
- Click Add.
- Type the following for Executable:
full path to perlis.dll\perlis.dll
full path to perl.exe\perl.exe %s %s
- For Extension, type .pl.NOTE: Make sure that the All Verbs option is selected for full functionality, and that the Script Engine check box is selected.
- Click OK to return to the ISM.
With the default scripts directory with IIS, the URL is the following:
http://Server Name/scripts/helloworld.pl
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Configure PERL Script Mapping for IIS 5.0 and 5.1
- Click Start, click Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services.
- Right-click a Web site that you want to enable PERL for, and then click Properties.
- Click the Home Directory tab.
- Click Configuration.
- Click Add.
- Type the following for Executable:
full path to perlis.dll\perlis.dll
full path to perl.exe\perl.exe %s %s
- For Extension, type .pl.NOTE: Make sure that the All Verbs option is selected for full functionality, and that the Script Engine check box is selected.
- Click OK to return to the ISM.
With the default scripts directory with IIS, the URL is the following:
http://Server Name/scripts/helloworld.pl
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REFERENCES
For additional information about PERL Script in IIS 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
150629 Configuring and Testing a PERL Script with Internet Information Server (IIS)