Perl Dancer

Installation

1. Open Web Platform Installer and install "Perl project":

2. Open project's home page and follow steps in "Dancer" section:

3. Create app.pl file in the root of IIS web site with following content:

use Dancer;

get '/' => sub {
      return 'Hello from Dancer!';
};

start;

Output of example Dancer application:

Deployment

To deploy Dancer application you will need to install Perl Hosting Package on a target server. Then just copy IIS web site from one machine to another.

web.config example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>

    <heliconZoo>
      <application name="perl.project" >
        <environmentVariables>

          <!-- Use this APP_WORKER with PSGI engine -->
          <add name="APP_WORKER" value="app.pl" />

          <!--
          Deploy file includes the most common commands required to prepare application before launch (bundle install, migrations etc.)
          -->
          <add name="DEPLOY_FILE" value="deploy.pl" />

          <!-- security rules for console are placed in /console/web.config -->
          <add name="CONSOLE_URL" value="console" />

          <add name="PROXYPASS" value="%APPL_VIRTUAL_PATH%" />

        </environmentVariables>
      </application>
     </heliconZoo>

    <handlers>
      <!-- All transports below support any Psgi-based application. Uncomment the one you wish to use. -->

      <!-- Perl CGI over FastCGI -->
      <!--
      <add name="perl.project#x86" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.pipe" path="*.pl" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x86" preCondition="bitness32" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
      <add name="perl.project#x64" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.pipe" path="*.pl" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x64" preCondition="bitness64" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
       -->

      <!-- Perl over FastCGI -->
      <add name="perl.project#x86" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.psgi" path="*" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x86" preCondition="bitness32" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
      <add name="perl.project#x64" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.psgi" path="*" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x64" preCondition="bitness64" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />


      <!-- Perl over HTTP  -->
      <!--
      <add name="perl.project#x86" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.http" path="*" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x86" preCondition="bitness32" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
      <add name="perl.project#x64" scriptProcessor="perl.5.12.http" path="*" verb="*" modules="HeliconZoo_x64" preCondition="bitness64" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
      -->

    </handlers>

    <!-- URL Rewrite rules to pass static files, limit console access, etc. -->
    <rewrite>
      <rules>

        <!-- This rule shows welcome page when no Rack application exist. -->
        <rule name="Rewrite to Zoo index if that's an empty application" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="^/?$" ignoreCase="false" />
          <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" trackAllCaptures="true">
            <add input="{APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH}" pattern="(.*)" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{C:1}app.pl" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
          </conditions>

          <action type="Rewrite" url="public/zoo-index.html" />
        </rule>

      </rules>
    </rewrite>

  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Environment variables

• APP_WORKER — path to PSGI application’s worker script.
• PROXYPASS — application virtual path.