apache2/mod_python configuration for django
December 28, 2008
The request for a working apache/mod_python configuration example comes up frequently on the django IRC channel. Usually a bad configuration is the underlying problem when admin media doesn't show up or when projects are not found on the python path. This is the model I use:
<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /home/username/projectname/public_html/
ServerName example.com
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
Alias /adminmedia /usr/share/python-support/python-django/django/contrib/admin/media
Alias /media /home/username/projectname/media
<Location "/">
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
PythonPath "['/home/username/projectname/projects/'] + sys.path"
SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
PythonDebug On
</Location>
<Location "/media">
SetHandler None
</Location>
<Location "/adminmedia">
SetHandler None
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
This is for a directory layout like this:
/home/username/projectname/ <- your project directory
/home/username/projectname/media/ <- media
/home/username/projectname/public_html/ <- empty, a harmless place to point apache
/home/username/projectname/projects/ <- where all your projects live
/home/username/projectname/projects/mysite/ <- your main project/app
Inside mysite/, you have settings.py. In settings.py, you've set MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/username/projectname/media/' and MEDIA_URL = '/media/' and ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/adminmedia/'.