Perlbrew buildpack

Deploy Perl applications to Dokku in seconds.

Tested only with Dokku's buildstep

Step 1

Write simple app, save it as myapp.pl:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use Mojolicious::Lite;

get '/' => sub {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->render('index');
};

app->start;
__DATA__

@@ index.html.ep
% layout 'default';
% title 'Welcome';
Welcome to the Mojolicious real-time web framework!

@@ layouts/default.html.ep
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head><title><%= title %></title></head>
  <body><%= content %></body>
</html>

Step 2

Create a cpanfile that lists dependencies:

requires 'Mojolicious', '2.0';

Step 3

Create file .env with contents:

BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/vzaritovsky/perlbrew-buildpack.git

Step 4

Create file called .perl_version with contents:

5.16.1

where 5.16.1 is required perl version

Step 5

Create file called Procfile with contents:

web: perl myapp.pl daemon -l http://*:$PORT

Step 6

Deploy using dokku

Watch:

Counting objects: 5, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 342 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
-----> Building perltest ...
       Fetching custom buildpack
Cloning into '/build/buildpacks/custom'...
       Perl app detected
-----> Found perlbrew installation at /build/app/local/perlbrew
-----> Required perl: 5.16.1
-----> Found required perl: 5.16.1
-----> Bootstrapping cpanm
       App::cpanminus is up to date. (1.7001)
       local::lib is up to date. (2.000004)
-----> Installing dependencies
-----> Discovering process types
       Procfile declares types -> web
-----> Releasing perltest ...
-----> Deploying perltest ...
-----> Cleaning up ...
=====> Application deployed:
       http://perltest.yourhost.tld

To dokku@yourhost.tld:perltest
   36b6b36..d990a8f  master -> master

Step 7

Open http://perltest.yourhost.tld in your web browser.

vzarytovskii/perlbrew-buildpack