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  • 11-02-2009, 3:46 AM

    • Mike__B
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    Perl and the Web Platform Installer

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    Hi there,

    I was just demonstrated the Web Platform Installer on the WordCamp NL last weekend and I think it is a really great solution.

    I work for an open source ticketing product which uses Perl and am looking for how to create the best experience for our (30%) Windows users. Currently we have a strawberry perl/apache/mysql installer with NSIS but it is cumbersome to maintain and not the nicest. We have users running IIS, but they did an ActiveState installation and installed our system on top of that. Not very convenient.

    The Web Platform Installer sure looks great, but the trouble is that as far as I can see there is no way to install binaries (perl) with the Platform Installer at the moment, right? So if I don't use .Net or PHP this is not an option for me?

    I was thinking of maybe providing a hybrid solution for now, and wanted to hear your thoughts or ideas:

    1. 'regular' installer that  sets up Perl with IIS (either Strawberry Perl, http://strawberryperl.com, or a self-compiled perl) with all the modules we need for the product
    2. use the web platform installer to do set up and configure the web app, database and such.

    I'd really like to receive your feedback to hear whether or not this is a feasible solution.

    Regards,

     Mike

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  • 11-03-2009, 2:02 PM In reply to

    Re: Perl and the Web Platform Installer

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    Mike,

    I don't know whether offering Perl through WebPI is a feasible solution in the future release, I will let somebody else comment on this.

    However, in the meantime, you can get by by creating your custom feed that will install and configure Perl properly. You can read this article on how to do it: Web PI Extensibility: Custom Feeds – Installing Custom Products and if this is something that will work for you, I can help you create a custom feed.

    Thanks,
    Katerina Rohonyan, SDET, Microsoft IIS Team
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