Catalyst has long had FastCGI support built in, but all of the recipes are for the much older mod_fastcgi. As a Debian user, and fan of software that’s still maintained, I prefer mod_fcgid.

What follows is a simple Apache 2 virtual host for a Catalyst application, using mod_fcgid:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    ServerAlias example.com
    ErrorLog logs/www.example.com.error_log
    TransferLog logs/www.example.com.access_log

    # This should point at your myapp/root
    DocumentRoot /srv/myapp/root
    Alias /static /srv/myapp/root/static

    <Location /static>
        SetHandler default-handler
    </Location>

    Alias / /srv/myapp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl/

    <Location />
        Options ExecCGI
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        AddHandler fcgid-script .pl
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>