[Catalyst] Catalyst with Twiggy with Pocket.IO (Comet)

[Tim Anderson]

I also faced this problem, and what I did to resolve it was move the
authentication piece out to Apache (from my Catalyst application), and then
used the Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Remote module to 'use' what
Apache is doing for me.  Once the auth config is in Apache, you can use it
to authenticate other applications as well (in my case it was a series of
Tomcat servlets).  I'm really pleased with the solution.


-Tim


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Gabriel Andrade <gabiruh at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Jaro Zajonc <jaro.zajonc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But if I direct traffic from Apache directly to Twiggy server I'd bypass
> Catalyst Authentication/Authorization part for Comet session, right?
> > I'd like to allow only authenticated users to subscribe to comet channe=
l.
> > I am sure I am missing some really simple piece of the puzzle :-\
>
>
> I've been through the same dilemma. Solved it by sharing appropriate
> data between Plack and Catalyst using
> Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::Plack::Session.
> It's clumsy and I haven't thoroughly tested it, though=85 So, there might=
 be
> (serious)
> limitations.
>
> Here's how it goes=85  something along these lines:
>
> builder {
>   enable 'Session',
>     store =3D>
>     Plack::Session::Store::Cache->new( cache =3D> CHI->new( driver =3D> (=
=85) )
> );
>
>   mount '/' =3D> $catalyst_psgi_app;    # auth, etc..
>                                       # (you're logging in first, aren't
> you?)
>
>   # when you reach here, auth is already made
>   # and Plack::Session is stuffed
>
>   mount '/socket.io' =3D> PocketIO->new(
>     handler =3D> sub {
>       $_[1]->{'psgix.session'}->{can_foo};
>     }
>   );
> };
>
> =85 and then
>
> > plackup -s AnyEvent::FCGI myapp.psgi
>
> Also, here, a message queue suits it well for sharing data and
> messaging passing, given you've already pointed the proper queue key
> in session.
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