The first thing on the agenda: install all database software components on the server. A simple summary of all the required commands, extracted from the workshop slides, is available in the workshop web site Online resources section, or directly at address:

https://eagle.jambo.netskills.biz/installing-db-software.html

Later, experiment with simple forms and form validation. Download the following zipped folder of files including HTML, JavaScript and Perl then work out where to put them on your server to demonstrate two simple forms working and transfer to your server using WinSCP!

http://eagle.jambo.netskills.biz/packs/forms-files.zip

You don't need to change much in these files to make them work on your server—but you do need to think carefully about where they should be placed on the server.