Added notes regarding slash encoding in Catalyst

[catagits/Gitalist.git] / lib / Gitalist.pm

diff --git a/lib/Gitalist.pm b/lib/Gitalist.pm
index 13a50ae..499ac7b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Gitalist.pm
+++ b/lib/Gitalist.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Catalyst qw/
                 SubRequest
 /;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.001008';
+our $VERSION = '0.002005';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 __PACKAGE__->config(
@@ -113,6 +113,29 @@ The canonical repository for the master branch is:
 Gitalist is also mirrored to github, and a number of people have active forks
 with branches and/or new features in the master branch.
 
+=head1 BOOTSTRAPPING
+
+As of C<0.002001> Gitalist can now be bootstrapped to run out of its
+own directory by installing its prerequisites locally with the help of
+L<local::lib>. So instead of installing the prerequisites to the
+system path with CPAN they are installed under the Gitalist directory.
+
+To do this clone Gitalist from the Shadowcat repository mentioned
+above or grab a snapshot from broquaint's github repository:
+
+    http://github.com/broquaint/Gitalist/downloads
+
+With the source acquired and unpacked run the following from within the
+Gitalist directory:
+
+    perl script/bootstrap.pl
+
+This will install the necessary modules for the build process which in
+turn installs the prerequisites locally.
+
+I<NB> The relevant bootstrap scripts aren't available in the CPAN dist
+as the bootstrap scripts should not be installed.
+
 =head1 INITIAL CONFIGURATION
 
 Gitalist is configured using L<Catalyst::Plugin::Configloader>. The supplied sample
@@ -176,6 +199,46 @@ are running from a git checkout, adding a trivial FCGI script as C<script/gitali
 This example can be seen live here:
 
     http://example.gitalist.com
+    
+=head2 FASTCGI
+        Running Gitalist in FastCGI mode requires a webserver with FastCGI
+        support (such as apache with mod_fcgi or fcgid). Below is a sample 
+        configuration using Apache2 with fcgid in a dynamic configuration
+        (as opposed to static or standalone mode). More information on these modes and 
+        their configuration can be found at 
+        http://search.cpan.org/~bobtfish/Catalyst-Runtime-5.80025/lib/Catalyst/Engine/FastCGI.pm#Standalone_server_mode
+                       
+        In Apache's mime.conf, add AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi (or AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi for mod_fcgi)
+                       
+        And a quick VirtualHost configuration:
+                       
+        <VirtualHost *:80>
+          ServerName gitalist.yourdomain.com
+          DocumentRoot /path/to/gitalist.fcgi
+          <Directory "/path/to/gitalist.fcgi">
+            AllowOverride all
+            Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
+            Order allow,deny
+            Allow from all
+          </Directory>
+
+        # Tell Apache this is a FastCGI application
+        <Files gitalist.fcgi>
+            #change the below to fastcgi-script if using mod_fcgi
+            SetHandler fcgid-script
+        </Files>
+      </VirtualHost>
+                       
+        Now to access your gitalist instance, you'll go to gitalist.yourdomain.com/gitalist.fcgi/ 
+        (DO NOT FORGET THAT TRAILING /). If you'd like a different URL, of course, you'll likely want to use 
+        mod_rewrite or equivalent
+                       
+        If you find the need to do some troubleshooting, you can call http://url_to_gitalist.fcgi?dump_info=1
+        and/or add export GITALIST_DEBUG=1 to the top of you gitalist.fcgi file (just below the shebang line).
+               
+        Also, note that  Apache will refuse %2F in Gitalist URL's unless configured otherwise. Make sure
+        "AllowEncodedSlashes On" is in your httpd.conf file in order for this to run smoothly.
+
 
 =head1 CONTRIBUTING