Perl

Implement location and variable handlers in Perl and insert Perl calls into Server Side Includes (SSI), with the Perl dynamic module, supported by NGINX, Inc.

Installation

  1. Check the Technical Specifications page to verify that the module is supported by your operating system.

  2. Install the Perl module package nginx-plus-module-perl.

    For Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and RHEL:

    yum install nginx-plus-module-perl

    For Amazon Linux 2023, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux:

    dnf install nginx-plus-module-perl

    For Debian/Ubuntu:

    apt-get install nginx-plus-module-perl

    For SLES:

    zypper install nginx-plus-module-perl

    For Alpine:

    apk add nginx-plus-module-perl

    For FreeBSD:

    pkg install nginx-plus-module-perl

Configuration

After installation you will need to enable and configure the module in NGINX Plus configuration file nginx.conf.

  1. Enable dynamic loading of the module with the load_module directive specified in the top-level (“main”) context:

    load_module modules/ngx_http_perl_module.so;

  2. Perform additional configuration as required by the module.

  3. Test the configuration and reload NGINX Plus to enable the module:

    nginx -t && nginx -s reload

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