Re: [Hampshire] No mod_perl :-(

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:03:14PM -0000, Vic wrote:

> I'm trying to install an app on a hosted server. Unfortunately, it needs
> mod_perl or fastcgi - and I don't have those.

Ouch.

> Can anyone suggest a way I can get one or other running? I can't install
> to the main Apache area, nor can I restart the server. I have .htaccess
> control, but nothing more.

I'm pretty sure you're out of luck here.

If you don't have root access on it then you can install either -
unless you ask your admin nicely. mod_perl is a hairy beast to install
(and I say that loving perl!). FastCGI is simpler to install, but it
will still need root access if only to add the "loadmodule..."
directive.

The common solution would be to install a local apache server running
on port 9999 in your home area - then configure the main server to
proxy through to that, so you could do *anything* that didn't require
root privileges. However this too isn't going to work if you can't
update the main apache configuration file(s) to add the proxy
directives.

Steve
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