Plack:...Apache1(3pm)

✨ Plack::Handler::Apache1 ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a lil vintage 💅 — it's the Plack::Handler::Apache1 page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's all about getting your PSGI app living its best life inside Apache 1.3.x via mod_perl. yes, 1.3.x. she's an elder. respect her. 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Plack::Handler::Apache1 — Apache 1.3.x mod_perl handlers to run PSGI application 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the whole vibe, drop this straight into your Apache config:

<Location />
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Plack::Handler::Apache1
PerlSetVar psgi_app /path/to/app.psgi
</Location>

<Perl>
use Plack::Handler::Apache1;
Plack::Handler::Apache1->preload("/path/to/app.psgi");
</Perl>

like. that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual ✨ SetHandler perl-script + PerlHandler Plack::Handler::Apache1 + PerlSetVar psgi_app /path/to/app.psgi and the <Perl> block pulls in the module with use and calls Plack::Handler::Apache1->preload("/path/to/app.psgi") so everything's warmed up before the requests come knocking 🫶

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so this is a mod_perl handler module whose entire job — her one true purpose, her main character moment — is to run any PSGI application with mod_perl on Apache 1.3.x. no cap. any PSGI app. she's not picky, she's not gatekeeping, she just wants your app to run 🥹

but lowkey, listen: if what you actually want is to run PSGI applications behind Apache without doing the whole mod_perl thing, this is not the page you want, bestie. instead:

• peep Plack::Handler::FCGI if you wanna run it with FastCGI 🌈
• or just use standalone HTTP servers such as Starman or Starlet, and proxy them with mod_proxy 🦋

two completely valid paths, pick your fighter, no judgement here 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

• Aaron Trevena
• Tatsuhiko Miyagawa

absolute legends, we stan 🌟

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Plack — the mothership, obviously 💖

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🧚 the cute lil sign-off 🧚

this page lives in perl v5.40.1 and it got its glow-up on 2026-05-05, brought to you as part of the Plack:...Apache1(3pm) docs in the User Contributed Perl Documentation. go forth, serve your PSGI apps, and remember: Apache 1.3.x is old but she still ate. periodt 💅✨🎀