Apache virtualhost - only apply script if file does not exist in document root
- by Brett Thomas
Sorry for the newbie apache question. I'm wondering if it's possible to set up the following non-conventional apache virtualhost (for a Django app):
-- If a file exists in the DocumentRoot (/var/www) it will be shown. So if /var/www/foo.html exists, then it can be seen at www.example.com/foo.html.
-- If file does not exist, it is served via a virtualhost. I'm using mod_wsgi with a WSGIScriptAlias directive that points to a Django app. So if there is no /var/www/bar.html, www.example.com/bar.html will be passed to the Django app, which may or may not be a 404 error.
One option is to create an Alias for each individual file/directory, but people want to be able to post a file without adding an alias, and we want to keep the above URL structure for legacy reasons.
Simplified Virtualhost is:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www
WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/django.wsgi
<Directory /path/to/app>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Alias /hi.html /var/www/hi.html
</VirtualHost>
The goal is to have www.example.com/hi.html work as above, without the Alias line
