[Catalyst] SOT Apache/mod_perl config issue

[Jonathan Rockway]

Dunno if this helps, but ordering Alias directives is important. 
Putting them before the mod_perl handler seems like a good idea (works
for me, but I use FastCGI). 

Also:

"Note that if you include a trailing / on the url-path then the server
will require a trailing / in order to expand the alias. That is, if you
use |Alias /icons/ /usr/local/apache/icons/| then the url |/icons| will
not be aliased."

from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias

I don't see that problem in your case, but it might help to remove the
trailing /.  Another thing to try is to use <Location> instead of
<Directory>.  The Alias directive tells Apache what directory to use
anyway, so you might have better luck explicitly setting the Location. 
I generally use all <Location>s, and have had good luck :) YMMV.

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I know this is more a mod_perl/apache issue but I'm getting no where 
> with those docs.
>
> The problem is I can't get pass Catalyst to get to root/static/css and 
> root/static/js directories without using the '/static/' portion.
>
> I think it is somehow tied to these lines but all the permutations I've 
> tried haven't worked.  My domain changed to protect the guilty ( me ).
>
> Suggestions, clue-stick?
>
>
> <VirtualHost dev.example.com:443>
>
> <snip />
>
>    DocumentRoot /var/www/root/
>
>    <Location />
>      SetHandler modperl
>      PerlResponseHandler cat
>    </Location>
>
> <snip />
>
>    <Directory "/var/www/root/static/">
>     SetHandler default-handler
>    </Directory>
>
>    Alias /js/ "/var/www/root/static/js/"
>
>   <Directory "/var/www/root/static/js">
>     Options Indexes MultiViews
>     AllowOverride None
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow from all
>   </Directory>
>
>    Alias /css/ "/var/www/root/static/css/"
>
>   <Directory "/var/www/root/static/css">
>     Options Indexes MultiViews
>     AllowOverride None
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow from all
>   </Directory>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> Thanks,
> Rod
>