Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19 - Catalyst Apache2 mod_perl 1.99x Engine
Contents
Cgi Issues
In order to run Catalyst under mod_perl 1.99 you will need to downgrade CGI to version 3.07, as it has
dropped support for 1.99 in later versions.
Copyright And License
This software is copyright (c) 2010 by The "AUTHORS".
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
programming language system itself.
perl v5.36.0 2022-12-06 Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19(3pm)
Description
This is the Catalyst engine specialized for Apache2 mod_perl version 1.99x.
Methods
ok_constant
Modperl::Registry
While this method is not recommended, you can also run your Catalyst application via a ModPerl::Registry
script.
httpd.conf:
PerlModule ModPerl::Registry
Alias / /var/www/MyApp/script/myapp_registry.pl/
<Directory /var/www/MyApp/script>
Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>
<Location />
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
</Location>
script/myapp_registry.pl (you will need to create this):
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use MyApp;
MyApp->handle_request( Apache::RequestUtil->request );
Name
Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19 - Catalyst Apache2 mod_perl 1.99x Engine
See Also
Catalyst, Catalyst::Engine, Catalyst::Engine::Apache2.
Synopsis
# Set up your Catalyst app as a mod_perl 1.99x application in httpd.conf
PerlSwitches -I/var/www/MyApp/lib
# Preload your entire application
PerlModule MyApp
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName myapp.hostname.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/MyApp/root
<Location />
SetHandler modperl
PerlResponseHandler MyApp
</Location>
# you can also run your app in any non-root location
<Location /some/other/path>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponseHandler MyApp
</Location>
# Make sure to let Apache handle your static files
# (It is not necessary to remove the Static::Simple plugin
# in production; Apache will bypass Static::Simple if
# configured in this way)
<Location /static>
SetHandler default-handler
</Location>
# If not running at a root location in a VirtualHost,
# you'll probably need to set an Alias to the location
# of your static files, and allow access to this location:
Alias /myapp/static /filesystem/path/to/MyApp/root/static
<Directory /filesystem/path/to/MyApp/root/static>
allow from all
</Directory>
<Location /myapp/static>
SetHandler default-handler
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
Warning
mod_perl 1.99 was the beta version for mod_perl 2.0. Upgrading to 2.0 is strongly recommended.
