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• extended to mod_perl (Score:1)

  by markjugg (792)

  Thanks for sharing this idea. Do you also extend it to Apache/mod_perl usage? I would like to upgrade Perl from 5.8 to 5.10 in a project that is deployed on a development machine and four mod_perl production web servers. If I expect the current code can run under 5.8 and 5.10 with no modifications, perhaps it doesn't have to be so complicated.
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    by Aristotle (5147)

    Hmm, that’s a good question. I don’t know, nor am I likely to figure anything out. My own tendency has been to treat mod_perl as something to use specifically for writing Apache modules, but to not use Apache modules as a web app deployment platform.

    For that I now prefer an in-process HTTP implementation – in this case, Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork – along with whatever reverse proxy is most handy. I also don’t bother with highly involved configurations for serving static fi
    • Re: Aristotle's web app deployment model (Score:1)

      by markjugg (792)

      Thanks for sharing your techniques. How do you handle some of the functions typically be handled by Apache in web application, for example, rewrites, redirects and aliases (allowing a directory outside the web server root to appear within it)?
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        by Aristotle (5147)

        All decent dedicated reverse proxies have features on par with mod_rewrite, so it’s not hard to adapt the practice accordingly. However, rather than using such features for everything I have actually come to consider some of that work, esp. redirects, as part of the app itself – f.ex. redirects to support the URI structure of an old version of the app. So I write logic for them in the app using the framework’s features. The reverse proxy is the place for rewrites that concern the integrati
        • Re: Aristotle's web app deployment model (Thanks) (Score:1)

          by markjugg (792) <reversethis-{moc ... mus} {ta} {kram}> on 2008.11.21 14:34 (#65955) Homepage Journal

          Thanks, for the reply.

          I'm coming to the same conclusion about the benefit of self-contained apps, and having a maximal amount under source control, compared to creating a coupling between app changes and web server configuration.

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