EPIC Web Server and Apache

kaloyan_iliev wrote on Wed Dec 21 11:36:40 CET 2005:
Hi All,
I have a big problem. I want to migrate project development from emacs to
EPIC. Everithing look cool. 
I make the project to start when I press RUN button. I try to start a Web
Application. So I use Perl CGI. I configure the Web Server and it runs and
then everithing fails. The problems is that there are some module we have
developed which rely on "Apache->request" and other functionality which
is provided when the Application is run within the Apache Web Server.

So my question is what can I do. I don't want to modify this libs just to
make them independent from Apache(well, maybe I will but this is desperate
decision). Can I make EPIC(or Eclipse I am not completely sure) to use Apache
as Web Server? Can External Tools help me here? 
Any Ideas?

Thanks In advance. 

jploski wrote on Wed Dec 21 15:19:46 CET 2005:
Are you trying to debug the CGI application? Otherwise I do not understand
why you attempt to "start" it from EPIC. Web applications are typically
"started" by a browser requesting some URL.

For the CGI debug mode, EPIC uses a built-in web server (project Brazil
from Sun Labs) and it is currently not possible to replace it with another
one without changing EPIC's code.

If your application absolutely requires Apache (mod_perl?) as its runtime
environment, you may have some luck debugging it with the "Perl remote"
configuration. However, I have never used it myself, so I can't provide
any real advice there.
luelljoc wrote on Thu Feb  9 09:28:22 CET 2006:
Hi,

Jan is right. Although I haven't tried it, it should be possible by using
the remote debugging functionality.
It should be possible to use the mod_env module which comes with the standard
Apache destribution.

After including the module use something like this in your Apache configuration
file:
SetEnv PERLDB_OPTS RemotePort=:

You have to add the -d option to the shebang line of your CGI scripts:
#!/perl/bin/perl -d

Start a "Perl Remote" session within eclipse. If the listening port matches
the port given in the Apache configuration it might work.

As mentioned before, I hanven't tried it.

Just an idea, might be worth trying.

Bye
Jochen
morganni wrote on Wed Mar  1 22:16:53 CET 2006:
I tried Perl Remote, but netstat shows that EPIC does not even bind the
port. So it can't work. Per remote debugging works in Apache against both
Komodo and OptiPerl.

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