Deploying Perl apps

Azure Web Apps doesn't have direct support for Perl, but it's possible to get it working with some manual steps:

• Create a Web App.
• Go to Kudu Console to easily drop files into your site.
• Go to http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html and download the "32bit ZIP edition".
• Create a perl folder under D:\home\site.
• Drag and drop the perl zip file into that folder, making sure to drop it in the special area that expands zip files. It's a big file, so it could take several minutes.
• Go into the D:\home\site\perl\perl\lib folder, and create a subfolder named FCGI.
• On your machine, download http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CO/COSMICNET/FCGI-IIS-0.05.tar.gz
• Using a tool like 7zip, extract the file IIS.pm out of it (it's under FCGI-IIS-0.05\lib\FCGI).
• Copy that file into the FCGI folder you create above in the Kudu Console.
• Go to the Azure Portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com/) and go to you site's Configure page.
• Under Handler Mappings, add one for: Extension: *.pl, Script processor path: D:\home\site\perl\perl\bin\perl.exe, Additional arguments: -MFCGI::IIS=do.
• Using Kudu console, copy a Perl file into D:\home\site\wwwroot. e.g. hello.pl.
• Request http://{yoursite}.azurewebsites.net/hello.pl to run it.

Here is an example hello.pl file you can start with:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello from perl!\n";