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Contents
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. Overview
Subsections
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. How the Pieces Fit
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An Example
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HTTP Request Sent
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HTTP Request Received
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CGI Script Executes
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HTTP Server Relays
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HTTP Client Displays
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The Components
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HTTP Client
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HTTP Server
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Script Interpreter
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Database Server
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Summary
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Questions
2
. Getting Your Own HTTP Server
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Hardware
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Operating System
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Components
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Apache
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Perl
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libapache-mod-perl
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mysql
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libdbi-perl
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libdbd-mysql
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libcgi-perl
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Configuration
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Choose a Root Directory
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httpd.conf
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. Knoppix
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What you need
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2
Persistent Home Directory
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3
Modify and Save Apache Configuration
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Create the Web Directory and Access Control File
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Some sample files
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Starting up Apache
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Testing the set up
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Feeling lazy?
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Usual start up sequence
4
. Testing a scripting environment
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File transfer
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Shell access
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Editing
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Where to put scripts and CGI configuration
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A test script
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How to trigger the scripts
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