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    Alias / /tmp/myapp.fcgi/

    # Optionally, rewrite the path when accessed without a trailing slash
    RewriteRule ^/myapp$ myapp/ [R]


The FastCgiExternalServer directive tells Apache that when serving
/tmp/myapp to use the FastCGI application listening on the socket
/tmp/mapp.socket.  Note that /tmp/myapp.fcgi B<MUST NOT> exist --
it's a virtual file name.  With some versions of C<mod_fastcgi> or
C<mod_fcgid>, you can use any name you like, but some require that the
virtual filename end in C<.fcgi>.

It's likely that Apache is not configured to serve files in /tmp, so the
Alias directive maps the url path /myapp/ to the (virtual) file that runs the
FastCGI application. The trailing slashes are important as their use will
correctly set the PATH_INFO environment variable used by Catalyst to
determine the request path.  If you would like to be able to access your app
without a trailing slash (http://server/myapp), you can use the above
RewriteRule directive.