On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:55:31 +0100 janet davis <oscarjwoofer@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi there,
I have a web server running Apache with a single vhost that serves a lot of Perl cgi scripts from cgi-bin.
I've been trying out Dancer, which I really like, but I can't figure out the best way to deploy apps in my Apache environment. I want to keep my Apache cgi configuration to serve legacy scripts but I want to start building new projects based on psgi in something like Dancer.
I want Apache to use www.myserver/cgi-bin/appname/script.pl for old code (which currently works) and www.myserver/app1 for newer Dancer based apps. Please don't think I'm being lazy by asking, I have read the documentation and looked at the example for deploying multiple apps via fcgi but I am still confused as I have limited experience with Apache - I am working on that. What's the best way to set this up, bearing in mind that I may want to run say 10-15 Dancer apps from my server alongside my cgi-scripts? Do I have to set up a vhost for each app? I have Apache::Plack::Handler but I'm not sure whether I should be using Plack::Builder to mount my apps (which is mentioned in an older Dancer Cookbook, but not the current deployment guide. Can someone help me get on the right track please?
I'm not sure it matches what you currently have in mind, but what I would do is set up www.myserver/app1 with mod_proxy to a standalone Plack/Dancer process for the app. You would need something like this in your VirtualHost for each app: ProxyPass /app1 http://localhost:5000/app1 You'd also have to manage starting, stopping and reloading each of your apps on its own, with a dedicated port, like 5000 in the line above. If you wanted to combine your apps into one, you can do that with Plack::Builder in a single app.psgi script. Then you get the benefit of only having one script to start and stop, and one port. I currently do that with one of my apps to separate the AJAX-specific stuff, based on code I found in Dancer2::Cookbook[1]: #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use FindBin; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; use Plack::Builder; use newtlc; use newtlc::API; builder { mount '/' => newtlc->to_app; mount '/api' => newtlc::API->to_app; }; [1] https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Dancer2/lib/Dancer2/Cookbook.pod#App-s... -- C. Chad Wallace, B.Sc. The Lodging Company http://www.lodgingcompany.com/ OpenPGP Public Key ID: 0x262208A0