Deploy Catalyst application.

code-ninja has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

I made this small Catalyst app to send JSON data to some client. It is a very simple app and just has one controller (its just a test app, don't bite me for using just one controller!). I'm trying to deploy it on an Apache2 server with fastCGI. I referred this, this and this docs.

In my apache2.conf file, I appended the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.testjson.com
    DocumentRoot /home/code-ninja/Projects/Perl/testJSON
    <Directory /home/code-ninja/Projects/Perl/testJSON>
            Options +ExecCGI
    </Directory>
    <Files testjson_fastcgi.pl>
            SetHandler fastcgi-script
    </Files>
</VirtualHost>
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But I'm unable to deploy the app as I dreamed I would.

Also, I read that I can use the in-built server as a full-fledged server using Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork but I can't make it work. :-(

When I say CATALYST_ENGINE="HTTP::Prefork" myapp_server.pl it complains about missing HTTP::Prefork package. I tried installing it from CPAN but for some reason, it fails during the tests.

I'd be really grateful if some Monk would point me to a good guide elucidating the deployment process. I have configured Apache2 during my RHCE course I took a few years back so I know the jargons quite well. *noviceShowOffSmile*

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Re: Deploy Catalyst application. by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Nov 02, 2013 at 06:44 UTC
Try: `CATALYST_ENGINE='HTTP::Prefork' script/myapp_server.pl` [download] For a guide to the deployment process, see: Deploying Catalyst Applications.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Deploy Catalyst application. by stonecolddevin (Parson) on Nov 04, 2013 at 18:38 UTC
The wiki is way out of date. Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're god damn right I'm living in the fucking past	[reply]
Re^2: Deploy Catalyst application. by code-ninja (Scribe) on Nov 02, 2013 at 07:19 UTC
Umm, it shows the same error. ~testJSON/script$ CATALYST_ENGINE='HTTP::Prefork' testjson_server.pl Can't locate Catalyst/Engine/HTTP/Prefork.pm in @INC (@INC contains: / +home/code-ninja/Projects/Perl/testJSON/script/../lib /etc/perl /usr/l +ocal/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr +/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/s +ite_perl .) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/Class/Load.pm line 177. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/Catalyst +/ScriptRunner.pm line 50. [download] Reading through the link you provided. Meanwhile, the in-built server provides a -h switch which enables us to host the server on a particular address. What I did, for now, is this: `~testJSON/script$ testjson_server.pl -h 192.168.xx.yy` [download] and the server is hosted on the given address, well that's cool... but only for testing purposes.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Deploy Catalyst application. by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Nov 02, 2013 at 10:05 UTC
I think that I see where the problem lies. Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork has been deprecated in favor of CatalystX::Script::Server::Starman. Install that and give it another try.	[reply]
Re^3: Deploy Catalyst application. by Anonymous Monk on Nov 02, 2013 at 07:51 UTC
Maybe you want to install Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork?	[reply]
Re: Deploy Catalyst application. by keszler (Priest) on Nov 02, 2013 at 16:32 UTC
This is a couple of years old, so it might need to be updated for a current Catalyst. Read more... /etc/init.d/myapp (3 kB) Read more... httpd.conf extract (1223 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Deploy Catalyst application. by stonecolddevin (Parson) on Nov 04, 2013 at 18:40 UTC
I highly recommend using nginx + starman + plack. Deployment is much, much easier and support is far better. If you have questions, you can jump on `#catalyst` on irc.perl.org. Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're god damn right I'm living in the fucking past	[reply] [d/l]


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