Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-13 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Wednesday, 2002-10-09 at 18:22:24 -0400, Steve Grazzini wrote: On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:43:18PM -0700, Paul wrote: The company is making us migrate (some baloney about being legally vulnerable because we're using open source) If they won't let you use open-source tools, then the

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-13 Thread Paul
*They* don't know what they mean, but we're getting a variance for Perl (supposedly). No such luck for mysql or apache --- Lupe Christoph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, 2002-10-09 at 18:22:24 -0400, Steve Grazzini wrote: On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:43:18PM -0700, Paul wrote:

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-11 Thread Paul
FastCGI and PersistentPerl are both working equivalents to mod_perl with similar capabilities and performance. They should work just fine with iPlanet. Oh yeah Awesome. I will look into that. I don't see why that would be any different from what you currently have. Any state

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-11 Thread Perrin Harkins
Paul wrote: What I mean is that before I had a custom access handler installed to use MySQL without resorting to state management other than the http NCSA Basic Authentication header You should be able to do that with FastCGI. Not sure about PersistentPerl. You'd have to ask the author. -

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-11 Thread Paul
--- Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul wrote: What I mean is that before I had a custom access handler installed to use MySQL without resorting to state management other than the http NCSA Basic Authentication header You should be able to do that with FastCGI. Not sure about

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-11 Thread Perrin Harkins
Paul wrote: Looks like the FastCGI binaries are only available for Windows versions. We'll be on Sun Solaris, but I can probably recompile the source, if that doesn't cause the open-source police to come get me. I'm afraid it's not as obvious how to do it as it is with mod_perl. You may

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-11 Thread Paul
--- Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul wrote: Looks like the FastCGI binaries are only available for Windows versions. We'll be on Sun Solaris, but I can probably recompile the source, if that doesn't cause the open-source police to come get me. I'm afraid it's not as

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Paul wrote: We're out of budget and insists we can't use free stuff that's *ALREADY* working. Anyone see a pattern here? :-) If anyone has a miraculous suggestion, I will light many candles in your honor. *sigh* Talk to whoever decides what the IT department thinks?

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Alan
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:43:18PM -0700, Paul wrote: The company is making us migrate (some baloney about being legally vulnerable because we're using open source), and I've got to convert a nice, simple, efficient Apache/mod_perl/MySQL solution to iPlanet/LDAP. Am I looking at a complete

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Perrin Harkins
Paul wrote: I know there are servlets, but I was led to believe that I would almost be able to drop my mod_perl modules into the iPlanet server, as if it has some equivelent functionality. If so, I can't find any evidence of it, and I'm rather skeptical. I think your only hope is FastCGI, or

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Perrin Harkins
Perrin Harkins wrote: Paul wrote: I know there are servlets, but I was led to believe that I would almost be able to drop my mod_perl modules into the iPlanet server, as if it has some equivelent functionality. If so, I can't find any evidence of it, and I'm rather skeptical. I think

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Paul
--- Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perrin Harkins wrote: Paul wrote: I know there are servlets, but I was led to believe that I would almost be able to drop my mod_perl modules into the iPlanet server, as if it has some equivelent functionality. If so, I can't find any

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Perrin Harkins
Paul wrote: The problem isn't so much the registry as the API. Any use of the Apache API would have to be rewritten. There is no way around that. I don't know how I'm going to do all that with iPlanet/LDAP without a lot of recoding, probably in Java. :( There's nothing you've mentioned so

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Paul
--- Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul wrote: The problem isn't so much the registry as the API. Any use of the Apache API would have to be rewritten. There is no way around that. That's what I figured. I don't know how I'm going to do all that with iPlanet/LDAP without a

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-10 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 14:43, Paul wrote: There's nothing you've mentioned so far that requires Java. It would be much faster to port it to FastCGI or the like. I just meant that iPlanet's internal API was probably going to require Java or C, and not Perl. FastCGI and PersistentPerl are

[OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-09 Thread Paul
I know there are servlets, but I was led to believe that I would almost be able to drop my mod_perl modules into the iPlanet server, as if it has some equivelent functionality. If so, I can't find any evidence of it, and I'm rather skeptical. The company is making us migrate (some baloney about

Re: [OT] migrating from Apache to iPlanet; any mod_perl counterpart?

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Grazzini
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:43:18PM -0700, Paul wrote: I know there are servlets, but I was led to believe that I would almost be able to drop my mod_perl modules into the iPlanet server, as if it has some equivelent functionality. If so, I can't find any evidence of it, and I'm rather