Perl Hosting
Anchor offers support for Perl on all of our shared web hosting and dedicated servers.
Anchor can do more for you than just host your Perl applications. Our support engineers are available at any time to assist in configuration, setup and deployment.
Deployment details
Perl interpreter is installed globally and is available to all users as a CGI (rather than as a module in the web server). This provides significant security benefits; an exploit in perl code on another users account will not be able to affect your site as all code executes with only user level privileges.
Operating Perl as a module presents a significant security risk not only through exploits. Since the code is executed by the Apache user, the Apache system user must have access to every users code, any user with an account on a shared server can easily produce a script which is executed by the Apache user to provide them with access to other users databases and code.
Application versions supported
- Perl: 5.8.8, 5.8.5, 5.8.0, 5.6.1
- MySQL: 5.0.22, 4.1.12
- PostgreSQL: 8.1.9, 7.4.8
- Apache: 2.2.3, 2.0.52
Perl modules and configuration options
There is a vast array of Perl modules installed globally on our webservers by default. If the one you need is not available simply contact us and it will be added.
Alternately, users have the rights to install Perl modules themselves within their web hosting accounts.
Environment details
Perl applications can be hosted in both shared and dedicated server environments.
Shared environments utilise:
- High end server grade hardware
- Rackmounted equipment
- Dual CPUs
- ECC Memory (4GB minimum)
- SCSI HDD in RAID1 configuration
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Redundant Hot Swap power supplies
- Fully redundant network infrastructure
- Continuous (24x7) server health monitoring
- Daily data backups
Account features
- Full shell access via SSH
- Command line and web based database interfaces
- Detailed website statistics updated daily
- Choice of database engine PostgreSQL or MySQL
Perl hosting is available on all of our shared website hosting plans.
Application update policy & process
Anchor continuously monitors and applies updates to all vendor supported applications deployed on Anchor infrastructure to maintain stability and security.
We do not apply major updates to any application which can affect the stability of live/deployed client services.
Versions
Anchor is constantly deploying new shared web hosting servers equipped with the the latest stable application versions as supported by the operating system vendors. In this way if you need a major version upgrade it can most often be accommodated.
Scalability
As your Perl application becomes more demanding Anchor can walk you through the process of supplying more resources on the shared environment or perform a seamless migration to your own dedicated server.
