11.3. Apache Configuration

Apache must be configured to handle Mason much as with Embperl. We will choose a directory and for all .html files under that directory, have Mason process them (for the same reasons, too).

First, create a directory for the Mason work:

$ mkdir /var/www/html/mason 
$ chmod a+rx /var/www/html/mason

As root, add the following to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

PerlSetVar MasonCompRoot /var/www/html/mason 
PerlSetVar MasonDataDir /var/www/misc/mason 
PerlModule HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler 
<Directory /var/www/html/mason> 
    SetHandler perl-script 
    PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler 
</Directory>

The first line sets the Mason component root directory to /var/www/html/mason. This tells Mason where to find the components (more ...

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