Re: suggestions for perl as web development language [EXT]

Just curious where exactly is the challenge in this setup ? It can't be in
apache supporting real certificates - neither can it be in setting up
reverse proxy internally...

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:19 AM Tom Browder <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 09:33 Steven Lembark <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:05:28 -0700
>> jbiskofski <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > I had a hard time accepting this was a good configuration because for
>> > 20 years I had thought of webservers as big giant compiled systems
>> > (apache), but apparently you can now create something just as fast in
>> > Perl.
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>> And a helluva lot easier to install, manage, develop on, and maintain.
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> Steven,  I have met you at a couple of Perl conferences and know you know
> Raku as well. One thing that has always bothered me about PSGI, Catalyst,
> mod_fcgi, etc., is that I could never find a practical cookbook solution
> for a simple but working dynamic and publicly available https website on a
> real, modern Apache 2.4 server on a Linux bare-metal, sole user remote
> server.
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> I would love to be able to have something similar for Raku, and there is
> Cro, but it so far cannot handle auto-generation of Let's Encrypt TLS
> certificates with a reverse proxy on Apache.
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> As an alternative, I would be happy to run with a Perl solution iif it
> could handle my TLS requirement. Any suggestions will be greatly
> appreciated.
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> BTW, I have publicly documented my current Apache setup (non-dynamic
> except for limited CGI use on a couple of sites). The Apache uses nearly
> the latest Apache and OpenSSL compiled from source. It includes multiple
> (15 or so at last count) virtual hosts (using macros for extremely easy
> deployment). It was last updated mid-2020 and I'll be looking to update it
> next year. It's on Github and I'll send the reference if anyone wants it.
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> Blessings,
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> -Tom
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