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READ ME FIRST

If after reading this guide and the other documents listed in this section, and still don't have the answers/information needed, please ask the apache/mod_perl mailing list to help. But please, first try to browse the mailing list archive. Most of the time you will find the answer to your questions by searching the mailing archive, since it is most likely that someone else has already encountered the same problem and found a solution for it. If you ignore this advice, you should not be surprised if your question is left unanswered - it bores people to answer the same question more than once. It does not mean that you should avoid asking questions. But you should not abuse the available help and should RTFM before you call for HELP. (Remember the fable of the shepherd boy and the wolves)

For more information See Get helped with mod_perl.

Contacting me

Hi, I wrote this document to help people with mod_perl. It does not mean that if you have any question regarding mod_perl, perl or whatever you think I might know, that you should send it directly to me. Please see the Get help with mod_perl section and follow the guidelines described there.

However, you are welcome to submit corrections and suggestions directly to me at stas@stason.org?subject=mod_perl%20guide%20corrections. If you are going to submit heavy corrections of the text (I love those!), please help me by downloading the source pages in POD from the main (index) page (at the bottom) and directly editing them. I will use Emacs Ediff to perform an easy merge of such changes. Thank you!

PLEASE NO PERSONAL QUESTIONS, I didn't invite those by writing the guide. They all will be immediately deleted. Please ask questions on the mod_perl list and if someone or I can answer your question--it will be answered on the list. Thank you!

Get help with mod_perl

  • mod_perl home

    http://perl.apache.org

  • mod_perl Garden project

    http://modperl.sourcegarden.org

  • mod_perl Books

    • 'Apache Modules' Book

      http://www.modperl.com is the home site of The Apache Modules Book, a book about creating Web server modules using the Apache API, written by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern.

      The book should be available from your local bookstore or from your favourite on-line bookseller. O'Reilly lists this book as:

      Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
By Lincoln Stein & Doug MacEachern
1st Edition March 1999
1-56592-567-X, Order Number: 567X
746 pages, $34.95

    • 'Enabling web services with mod_perl' Book

      http://www.modperlbook.com is the home site of the new mod_perl book, that Eric Cholet and Stas Bekman are co-authoring. We expect the book to be published in fall 2000.

      Ideas, suggestions and comments are welcome. Please send them to info@modperlbook.com .

  • mod_perl Guide

    by Stas Bekman at http://perl.apache.org/guide

  • mod_perl FAQ

    by Frank Cringle at http://perl.apache.org/faq/ .

  • mod_perl performance tuning guide

    by Vivek Khera at http://perl.apache.org/tuning/ .

  • mod_perl plugin reference guide

    by Doug MacEachern at http://perl.apache.org/src/mod_perl.html .

  • Quick guide for moving from CGI to mod_perl

    at http://perl.apache.org/dist/cgi_to_mod_perl.html .

  • mod_perl_traps, common traps and solutions for mod_perl users

    at http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl_traps.html .

  • mod_perl Quick Reference Card

    http://www.refcards.com (Apache and other refcards are available from this link)

  • mod_perl Resources Page

    http://www.perlreference.com/mod_perl/

  • Articles

    • PerlMonth

      http://perlmonth.com

    • Basic knowledge about Apache stages and mod_perl handlers article in German

      http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2000/01/156/

  • mod_perl mailing lists

    • The mod_perl mailing list

      The Apache/Perl mailing list is available for mod_perl users and developers to share ideas, solve problems and discuss things related to mod_perl and the Apache::* modules. To subscribe to this list, send email to modperl-subscribe@apache.org . To unsubscribe send email to modperl-unsubscribe@apache.org . Use the modperl@apache.org address to post to the list.

      A searchable mod_perl mailing list archive is available at http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl . Thanks to Ken Williams for this.

      More archives available:

      • http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/web/182/0/

      • http://www.mail-archive.com/modperl%40apache.org/

      • http://www.davin.ottawa.on.ca/archive/modperl/

      • http://www.progressive-comp.com/Lists/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2#apache-modperl

      • http://www.egroups.com/group/modperl/

    • The advocacy mailing list

      The list for mod_perl advocacy issues, discussions about sites, etc.

      Subscribe by sending a mail to advocacy-subscribe@perl.apache.org. Unsubscribe by sending a mail to advocacy-unsubscribe@perl.apache.org. Use advocacy@perl.apache.org to post to the list.

      The archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/advocacy@perl.apache.org/.

    • The modperl-cvs mailing list

      The modperl developers list is the list where you can watch mod_perl getting patched. No real discussions happen on this list, but if you want to know about the latest changes in the mod_perl core before everyone else, this is a list to be on.

      To subscribe to this list, send email to modperl-cvs-subscribe@apache.org . To unsubscribe send email to modperl-cvs-unsubscribe@apache.org . Use the modperl-cvs@apache.org address to post to the list.

      No archives available.

Get help with Perl

  • The Perl FAQ

    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/FAQ/PerlFAQ.html

  • The Perl Home Page

    http://www.perl.com/

  • The Perl Journal

    http://www.tpj.com/

  • Perl Module Mechanics

    http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/module_mechanics.html - This page describes the mechanics of creating, compiling, releasing and maintaining Perl modules.

Get help with Perl/CGI

  • Perl/CGI FAQ

    at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/perl-cgi-faq.html

  • Answers to some bothering Perl and Perl/CGI questions

    http://stason.org/TULARC/webmaster/myfaq.html

  • Idiot's Guide to CGI programming

    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html

  • WWW Security FAQ

    http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.html

  • CGI/Perl Taint Mode FAQ

    http://www.gunther.web66.com/FAQS/taintmode.html (by Gunther Birznieks)

Get help with Apache

  • Apache Project's Home

    http://www.apache.org

  • Apache Quick Reference Card

    http://www.refcards.com (Apache and other refcards are available from this link)

  • The Apache FAQ

    http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html

  • Apache Server Documentation

    http://www.apache.org/docs/

  • Apache Handlers

    http://www.apache.org/docs/handler.html

  • mod_rewrite Guide

    http://www.engelschall.com/pw/apache/rewriteguide/

  • articles

    Security and Apache: An Essential Primer http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/1527/

    Using Apache with Suexec on Linux http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/1445/

  • Limit the number of Apache children that can be servicing a requested resource at one time.

    A C Apache module available at http://www.fremen.org/apache/

Get help with DBI

  • Perl DBI examples

    http://www.saturn5.com/~jwb/dbi-examples.html (by Jeffrey William Baker).

  • DBI Homepage

    http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/

  • DBI mailing list information

    http://www.fugue.com/dbi/

  • DBI mailing list archives

    http://outside.organic.com/mail-archives/dbi-users/ http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/dbi/

  • Persistent connections with mod_perl

    http://perl.apache.org/src/mod_perl.html#PERSISTENT_DATABASE_CONNECTIONS

Get help with Squid - Internet Object Cache

  • Home page - http://squid.nlanr.net/

  • FAQ - http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ/FAQ.html

  • Users Guide - http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/Users-Guide/

  • Mailing lists - http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/mailing-lists.html