Apache - Mod Perl - Unknown Authz provider 'access' - perl

Question

I am trying to set up and run an old Web application(written in 2010) in a new Linux environment. The Apache server is not starting because of the error Unknown Authz provider access, caused by the configuration given below.
<Directory /srv/webapp>
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "3 Months"
AuthType security::AuthCookieHandler
AuthName Maxio
PerlAuthenHandler security::AuthCookieHandler->authenticate
PerlAuthzHandler security::AuthCookieHandler->authorize
require access
</Directory>
I couldn't find any documentation for this, or any apache module that defines access , but security::AuthCookieHandler has
sub access
{
...
...
}
I understand that this is mod_perl based authentication, but haven't worked on this before. Apache starts if this authentication is disabled, and the application loads in the browser.
So the questions are
Is require access supposed to get the return value from sub access ?
If so, why sub access is not visible to the configuration ?
If not so, what is access here ?

Answer 1

After researching for a few hours I found out that this is because of changes in the latest versions of Apache and mod_perl.
From the Apache-AuthCookie documentation and Apache 2.4 porting notes, I learned that Apache 2.4 needs mod_perl version 2.0.9 or higher.
Also, a custom Authz Provider has to be added using PerlAddAuthzProvider. I was able to solve my issue by doing
PerlAddAuthzProvider access security::AuthCookieHandler->access
...
...
<Directory /srv/webapp>
...
...
require access
</Directory>