How do I configure Microsoft Internet Information Server to support Perl for Win32?
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) ships with Windows NT Server. Peer Web Services (PWS) ships with Windows NT Workstation. Configuring the products is essentially the same. First, you should consult Chapter 8, Publishing Information and Applications, in the IIS documentation. Also read the Microsoft Knowledge Base article covering this issue, “Configuring and Testing a PERL [sic] Script with IIS,” (http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q150/6/29.htm). You need to follow these steps to get Perl for Win32 scripts to run under IIS: • Associate the extension for your scripts with the appropriate interpreter in the script map for IIS. This is under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_SYSTEM, with the sub-key “System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\Script Map”. Many people map two extensions: one to perl.exe (like “.pl”) and another to PerlIS.dll (like “.plx”). Note that mapping an extension in the script map is _not_ the same as associating the extension in Explorer. Use the fu
