Re: Is mod_perl going the way of the dinosaur?

[Arunbear]

In situations like this, a virtual machine can be quite useful. Vagrant makes it easy to share files between the host and guest machines.

So install Vagrant on the Windows computer. Then import a Linux image. Then you can use the package manager of the chosen Linux OS to install mod_perl.

[Polyglot]

Thank you. At this point, I'm willing to try most anything--and this may be the answer. I've always disliked Windows, and sure don't enjoy trying to get my perl scripts working in a WAMP environment.

But I want my friend to be able to simply access the scripts from his browser. I'm not sure if he's computer literate enough to open up a VM every time he wants to access them. In reading some of Vagrant's introductory materials, I wonder if I am understanding them correctly--as in, it sounds almost too good to be true. Is it really like having the server on your local machine such that, from Windows, you could SSH into the VM and you could access it via HTTP just as if it were an online server?

[Arunbear]

Yes, Vagrant makes it easy to do these things. SSH'ing into the VM - you get that out of the box. Accessing the HTTP services running in the VM from the browser requires some minor configuration to map ports in the VM to those in the host computer.

But once set up, it will be pretty much like browsing to a site on an online server.