I am trying to configure virtual hosts dynamically in mod_perl2.

I have a startup file which sets up an 'application' based on my own framework. Part of that inflation creates a number of virtual hosts.

I have been trying the following: 

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In httpd.conf:
  PerlConfigRequire /path/startup.pl
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In startup.pl:
 ....
 my $config = <<VHOST
   <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
       # Config
   </VirtualHost>
 VHOST

 Apache2::Server->server->add_config([split /\n/ $config]);

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When I tried with PerlRequire or PerlPostConfigRequire, adding the virtual host would give me a segfault.

With PerlConfigRequire, it runs fine, but if I do:

  @vhosts = Apache2::Directive::conftree->lookup("VirtualHost")

it doesn't find any virtual hosts.

I want to keep the line in httpd.conf as simple as possible. How should I go about doing this?

I could use PerlSections, but how? 

 <Perl>
    my $config = do 'startup.pl';
    #parse config into @vhosts
    foreach my $vhost (@vhosts) {
      $VirtualHost{$vhost}=>$config->{$vhost}
    }
  </Perl>

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Or should I use something like: 

  <Perl handler="startup.pl">
  </Perl>

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Or: 

  PerlOpenLogsHandler startup.pl

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Help appreciated

In reply to Configuring virtual hosts dynamically with mod_perl by clinton

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