Installing Irie Pascal on popular Web Servers
Unix/Linux Web Servers
In order to use Irie Pascal CGI applications on your UNIX/Linux web server, you first
need to install the Irie Virtual Machine (IVM) interpreter (i.e. the ivm
file) on the web server. If you have not yet downloaded Irie Pascal, click download to go to the Irie Pascal download page. To
install the interpreter on the web server, you have to put it in a suitable directory. If
you are using your own dedicated web server then you have a lot of freedom to decide on a
suitable installation directory. In this case your primary concern is making sure that
this directory is protected from unauthorised access. If you are not using a dedicated web
server, then it is likely that you will have to ask the web server administrator to tell
you which directory to use.
Finally you have to configure the web server so that is uses the IVM interpreter to
execute Irie Pascal CGI applications. How this is done depends on which web server
software you are using.
The only UNIX/Linux web server officially supported so far is Apache (see Irie Pascal CGI support for Apache (Unix)).
Windows Web Servers
Before installing Irie Pascal on a Windows web server, you have to decide whether you
want to compile your CGI programs as Windows .EXEs (recommended), or as .IVM executables.
NOTE: The User's Manual describes how to create Windows .EXEs (the manuals are here).
.EXE CGI programs
If you decide to compile your CGI programs as Windows .EXEs then you don't have to do
anything special except install the Irie Run Time Engine (i.e. iriert25.dll) on the web
server (in the folder with your CGI programs, or in the Windows system folder, or in a
folder in the Path). After this just follow the standard procedures for using CGI
applications for your web server.
.IVM CGI Programs
If you decide to compile your CGI programs as .IVM executables then in addition to
installing the Irie Virtual Machine Interpreter (i.e. ivm.exe), and the Irie Run Time
Engine (i.e. iriert25.dll), you also have to configure your webserver to use .IVM CGI
programs.Only three Windows web servers are officially supported for .IVM CGI programs so
far:
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