I am trying to run a beta version of an application for viewing by our client. The problem I am running into is that our newer modules, since they have the same name, are not being identified as "different" by mod_perl. I am trying to find a way to run two different versions of the same application with mod_perl on the same box.

From my research so far, I have found this node which suggests running multiple versions of apache, each with its own mod_perl configuration. I imagine that requires setting up each apache server to listen on a different port with one main apache server simply doing port forwarding. That's three apache servers running, with three separate configs, just for two versions of the same application. This is very convoluted and does not seem scalable at all if a new version had to be added, so I have been looking for another method.

I have also been reading the documentation at http://perl.apache.org/ and http://modperlbook.org/. Perhaps I have just missed it, but I find no reference to running multiple versions of an application anywhere. This seems to me like something that would be a fairly common occurrence, so I was surprised not to find anything.

If my fellow monks could point me in the right direction as far as any documentation I missed, or if you have had experience with this I would greatly appreciate any insight you might have. Thanks!

In reply to mod_perl and module versions by thedoe

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