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Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader::Manual(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader::Manual(3pm) |
NAME¶
Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader::Manual - Guide to using the ConfigLoader plugin
BASIC USAGE¶
package MyApp; use Catalyst qw( ConfigLoader ... );
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- "MYAPP_CONFIG" - specific config file to load for "MyApp"
- "CATALYST_CONFIG_LOCAL_SUFFIX" - global suffix for extra config files
- "MYAPP_CONFIG_LOCAL_SUFFIX" - suffix specifically for "MyApp"
CONFIG FORMATS¶
Config::General¶
Extensions
- cnf
- conf
Example Config
name = TestApp <Component Controller::Foo> foo bar </Component> <Model Baz> qux xyzzy </Model>
INI¶
Extensions
- •
- ini
Example Config
name=TestApp [Controller::Foo] foo=bar [Model::Baz] qux=xyzzy
JSON¶
Extensions
- jsn
- json
Example Config
{ "name": "TestApp", "Controller::Foo": { "foo": "bar" }, "Model::Baz": { "qux": "xyzzy" } }
Perl¶
Extensions
- pl
- perl
Example Config
{ name => 'TestApp', 'Controller::Foo' => { foo => 'bar' }, 'Model::Baz' => { qux => 'xyzzy' } }
XML¶
Extensions
- •
- xml
Example Config
<config> <name>MyApp::CMS</name> <paths> <upload_dir>/var/www/docs/myapp-cms/uploads</upload_dir> </paths> <model name="DB"> <connect_info>dbi:mysql:cmsdb</connect_info> <connect_info>user</connect_info> <connect_info>password</connect_info> </model> <component name="View::TT"> <INCLUDE_PATH>__path_to(root,templates)__</INCLUDE_PATH> <ENCODING>UTF-8</ENCODING> <TRIM>1</TRIM> <PRE_CHOMP>2</PRE_CHOMP> <POST_CHOMP>2</POST_CHOMP> </component> </config>
Note that the name attribute for the "model" tag should be the relative namespace of the Catalyst model, not the absolute one. That is for "MyApp::Model::Something" the "name" attribute should be "Something".
YAML¶
Extensions
- yml
- yaml
Example Config
--- name: TestApp Controller::Foo: foo: bar Model::Baz: qux: xyzzy
COOKBOOK¶
Configuring a Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema model from a YAML config¶
Model::MyModel: schema_class: MyApp::MySchema connect_info: - dbi:SQLite:myapp.db - '' - '' - AutoCommit: 1
Converting your existing config to Config::General format¶
As of Catalyst::Devel 1.07, a newly created application will use Config::General for configuration. If you wish to convert your existing config, run the following one-liner (replacing MyApp with your app's name):
perl -Ilib -MMyApp -MConfig::General -e 'Config::General->new->save_file("myapp.conf", MyApp->config);'
Using UTF-8 strings in a Config::General file¶
If you have UTF-8 strings in your Config::General-based config file, you should add the following config information to MyApp.pm:
__PACKAGE__->config( 'Plugin::ConfigLoader' => { driver => { 'General' => { -UTF8 => 1 }, } } );
Using a local configuration file¶
When ConfigLoader reads configurations, it starts by reading the configuration file for "myapp" with one of the supported extensions as listed above.
For example, A Config::General config file is myapp.conf.
If a configuration file called "myapp_local" exists with one of the supported file extensions, it will also be read, and values from that file will override values from the main config file.
A Config::General local configuration file would be called myapp_local.conf.
The "local" suffix can be changed. See "get_config_local_suffix" in Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader for the details of how.
This is useful because it allows different people or environments to have different configuration files. A project with three developers, Tom, Dick, and Harry as well as a production environment can have a myapp_tom.conf, a myapp_dick.conf, a myapp_harry.conf, and a myapp_production.conf.
Each developer, and the web server, would set the environment variable to load their proper configuration file. All of the configurations can be stored properly in source control.
If there is no myapp_local.ext (where ".ext" is a supported extension), and the individual configuration files contain something required to start the application, such as the Model's data source definition, the applicaton won't start unless the environment variable is set properly.
2020-07-30 | perl v5.30.3 |