[cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
Hi All, I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as a dual boot and use that. Can anyone suggest ways to do this? cheers, mike # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
[cgiapp] Re: CGI::Application::Dispatch help
Ok, I have changed some things around in the hopes that it will fix my
issues, but I am still not having much luck...
Inside of ACD I have Dispatch.pm. Here is the contents of that file:
package ACD::Dispatch;
use base 'CGI::Application::Dispatch';
use warnings;
sub dispatch_args {
return {
prefix = 'ACD',
debug = 1,
table = [
'/'= { app = 'Home', rm = 'welcome' },
':app/:rm?'= { },
],
};
}
1;
I am using Apache 2.2 on windows with mod_perl.
I think this is all you might need to see from there:
VirtualHost *:8080
ErrorLog C:/path/to/acd/logs/error.log
Perl
use lib 'C:/path/to/acd';
$ENV{MODE} = 'development';
/Perl
ScriptAlias / C:/path/to/acd
Location /
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ACD::Dispatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Location
/VirtualHost
Ok, so here is what has been happening:
Go to:
localhost:8080
Get:
Home, welcome
Go to:
localhost:8080/fdjksalfdsafdsa
Get:
Home, welcome
Go to:
localhost/abc/jkfldjskljfdkls/home_othercontroller/some_rm
Get:
Home/OtherController, some_rm
Michael Peters was trying to help me and said that it has to do with
Apache being weird with Directory directives, but now it's a Location
and the issue is still happening.
So I guess my question is why is it ignoring that first directory and
how do I get it to stop?
Thanks for any help at all!
--
-fREW
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Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
Mike Tonks wrote: Hi All, I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as a dual boot and use that. Can anyone suggest ways to do this? You've got a few options. Depends on what windows they have and what they already have setup really. IIS-ActivePerl Apache-ActivePerl I can't say I've used strawberry Perl yet, so can't comment on that option. ppm install CGI::Application Komodo Edit is pretty good, they also offer a trial for the full Komodo http://www.activestate.com Lyle # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Lyle webmas...@cosmicperl.com wrote: Mike Tonks wrote: Hi All, I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as a dual boot and use that. Can anyone suggest ways to do this? You've got a few options. Depends on what windows they have and what they already have setup really. IIS-ActivePerl Apache-ActivePerl I can't say I've used strawberry Perl yet, so can't comment on that option. ppm install CGI::Application Komodo Edit is pretty good, they also offer a trial for the full Komodo http://www.activestate.com Also: I would recommend adding the recommended sources to ppm. Run the ppm ui and click Edit-Preferences, go to the repositories tab, and then add all of the suggested from the list. That will give you options for plugins and whatnot that you wouldn't have otherwise. Good luck! -- -fREW # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
fREW Schmidt wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Lyle webmas...@cosmicperl.com wrote:
Mike Tonks wrote:
Hi All,
I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for
CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as
a dual boot and use that.
Can anyone suggest ways to do this?
You've got a few options. Depends on what windows they have and what they
already have setup really.
IIS-ActivePerl
Apache-ActivePerl
I can't say I've used strawberry Perl yet, so can't comment on that option.
ppm install CGI::Application
Komodo Edit is pretty good, they also offer a trial for the full Komodo
http://www.activestate.com
Also: I would recommend adding the recommended sources to ppm. Run
the ppm ui and click Edit-Preferences, go to the repositories tab,
and then add all of the suggested from the list. That will give you
options for plugins and whatnot that you wouldn't have otherwise.
Good point I missed that. Also if you are using IIS you'll want to start
your scripts like:-
#!/Perl/bin/perl.exe
BEGIN {
use FindBin qw ($RealBin $RealScript);
use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
chdir $RealBin;
if ( $ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'} =~ /IIS/ ) {
open STDERR, ' iisError.log' || die Can't write to
$RealBin/issError.log: $!\n;
binmode STDERR;
#close STDERR;
}#if
}#BEGIN
Unlike Linux/Apache, Windows/IIS doesn't execute your Perl scripts with
the pwd set to where your script actually is. This can play havoc with
Linux code that uses relative paths for files, directories, require,
use, etc. This bit of code fixes it.
Also IIS has a habit of sending anything sent to STDERR to STDOUT
instead. This can cause some weird problems, so either close STDERR or
set it to your own log file instead (as above).
Hope that helps
Lyle
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[cgiapp] Getting error_mode to catch die in cgiapp_prerun
Hi All,
I've noticed that if my app dies in cgiapp_prerun then my error mode
defined in setup isn't called.
Is there a reason for this? Is there a way to get error_mode to catch
errors in cgiapp_prerun?
Sample module:-
package Test;
BEGIN {
use FindBin qw ($RealBin $RealScript);
use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
chdir $RealBin;
if ( $ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'} =~ /IIS/ ) {
open STDERR, ' iisError.log' || die Can't write to
$RealBin/issError.log: $!\n;
binmode STDERR;
#close STDERR;
}#if
}#BEGIN
use base 'CGI::Application';
use strict;
sub setup {
my $self = shift;
$self-start_mode('test');
$self-error_mode( 'error' );
$self-run_modes(
'test' = 'test',
);
}#sub
sub teardown {
my $self = shift;
}#sub
sub cgiapp_prerun {
my $self = shift;
die( Death message ); ## 500 error
}#sub
sub test {
my $self = shift;
#die( Death message ); ## works
return Test;
}#sub
sub error {
my $self = shift;
return Error mode ran @_;
}
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Re: [cgiapp] Getting error_mode to catch die in cgiapp_prerun
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Lyle wrote:
Hi All,
I've noticed that if my app dies in cgiapp_prerun then my error mode defined
in setup isn't called.
Is there a reason for this? Is there a way to get error_mode to catch errors
in cgiapp_prerun?
This is an architectural limitation of CGI::Application. see the code for
run() and __get_body() in the source.
A workaround is to wrap your prerun in an eval and call
$self-error_mode($@) and possibly $self-call_hook('error', $@) yourself
if it dies.
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Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Lyle wrote:
Also if you are using IIS you'll want to start your scripts like:-
#!/Perl/bin/perl.exe
BEGIN {
use FindBin qw ($RealBin $RealScript);
use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
chdir $RealBin;
if ( $ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'} =~ /IIS/ ) {
open STDERR, ' iisError.log' || die Can't write to
$RealBin/issError.log: $!\n;
binmode STDERR;
#close STDERR;
}#if
}#BEGIN
Unlike Linux/Apache, Windows/IIS doesn't execute your Perl scripts with the
pwd set to where your script actually is. This can play havoc with Linux code
that uses relative paths for files, directories, require, use, etc. This bit
of code fixes it.
Also IIS has a habit of sending anything sent to STDERR to STDOUT instead.
This can cause some weird problems, so either close STDERR or set it to your
own log file instead (as above).
You know what? You should wrap this and any other IIS quirks into a
CGI::Application::Plugin::IIS and upload it to CPAN.
--
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Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
Hi Jaldhar You know what? You should wrap this and any other IIS quirks into a CGI::Application::Plugin::IIS and upload it to CPAN. The wrapper is called Debian. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
Download and install both Apache for Windows and Strawberry Perl from their respective sites :) I use a dynamic hosting setup where I can have multiple sites living in a www directory in My Documents. To do this you need to uncomment the following lines in your httpd.conf: Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so And then use something like the following in your extra/httpd-vhosts.conf: UseCanonicalName Off VirtualDocumentRoot D:\Documents and Settings\Youdaman\My Documents\www\%0\html Directory D:\Documents and Settings\Youdaman\My Documents\www\*\html Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all /Directory VirtualScriptAlias D:\Documents and Settings\Youdaman\My Documents\www\%0\cgi Directory D:\Documents and Settings\Youdaman\My Documents\www\*\cgi Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all /Directory Of course change the drive/user/whatever parts above to suit your particular machine/user. The way the above works is that in My Documents I have a directory called www and inside that I have directories which contain the websites, each having a html and cgi subdirectory. To make it so that you can view these websites on your local Apache server, you need to also add a line like the following to your WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file: 127.0.0.1 foo From that point you can restart Apache and you should then be able to type the address http://foo/; in your web browser to view pages that are stored in foo/html -- test this out by creating an index.html file in that directory. CGI scripts for your foo website live in foo/cgi but are accessed via http://foo/cgi-bin/whatever.cgi; -- note the folder you have is called cgi but the path Apache uses is cgi-bin (as per the configuration described above). In terms of then using CGI::Application, it should be a simple matter of installing the required modules via Strawberry Perl's provided CPAN interface :) Hope this helped! I prefer the Apache/Strawberry Perl setup to using IIS/ActiveState if only because it's more like the Linux environments I work with on a day-to-day basis and also that I have access to all the Perl modules in CPAN. Stew 2009/1/17 Mike Tonks fluffym...@googlemail.com: Hi All, I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as a dual boot and use that. Can anyone suggest ways to do this? cheers, mike # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## #### # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
Re: [cgiapp] Windows Environment Setup
Mike Tonks wrote: Hi All, I was recently asked how to setup a dev environment on Windows for CGI::Application, and couldn't answer, other than to install ubuntu as a dual boot and use that. Can anyone suggest ways to do this? I had good results with XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html). Comes with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and optionally Perl and mod_perl. It's pretty simple to set up, especially if you're not terribly familiar with Windows. Rhesa # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
Re: [cgiapp] Re: CGI::Application::Dispatch help
Hi fREW So I guess my question is why is it ignoring that first directory and how do I get it to stop? I have an unreleased module CGI::Application::Test::Dispatch, which I've been playing with trying to reproduce your problems. I've only tested it under Debian and Apache 2.2. I'll try Windows later today. So far, I don't have this specific problem of a directory being ignored. For instance, this works: http://127.0.0.1/test.dispatch/Phase1 where as this fails: http://127.0.0.1/test.dispatch/xxxcvvv/Phase1 as you'd expect, with this error: The requested URL /test.dispatch/xxxcvvv/Phase1 was not found on this server. httpd.conf contains: Location /test.dispatch SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler CGI::Application::Test::Dispatcher Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.1 /Location More later. -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html # CGI::Application community mailing list #### ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp## #### ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ####
