Enabling mod_wsgi in Apache for a Django app on Gentoo
- by hobbes3
I installed Apache, Django, and mod_wsgi on Gentoo using emerge (on Amazon EC2).
I know that the mod_wsgi is configured in /etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_wsgi.conf:
<IfDefine WSGI>
LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so
</IfDefine>
# vim: ts=4 filetype=apache
So in my /etc/conf.d/apache I added the WSGI module:
APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST -D INFO -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D LANGUAGE -D WSGI"
But when I try to list the loaded module, mod_wsgi isn't listed.
root ~ # apache2 -M | grep wsgi
Syntax OK
I also know that mod_wsgi isn't loading properly because the Apache configuration file doesn't recognize WSGIScriptAlias.
By the way for Django to work I need to include a custom Apache configuration file. Where should I insert the line below?
Include "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/mysite/apache/apache_django_wsgi.conf"
I currently have that in the httpd.conf file but I feel like that file will get reseted whenever I upgrade Gentoo or related package.
EDIT: it seems the mod_wsgi file is located in /usr/lib64/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so.
Here is my detailed Apache settings:
root@ip-99-99-99-99 /usr/portage/eclass # apache2 -V
Server version: Apache/2.2.21 (Unix)
Server built: Mar 7 2012 06:52:30
Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:30
Server loaded: APR 1.4.5, APR-Util 1.3.12
Compiled using: APR 1.4.5, APR-Util 1.3.12
Architecture: 64-bit
Server MPM: Prefork
threaded: no
forked: yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
-D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork"
-D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
-D APR_HAS_MMAP
-D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
-D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
-D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
-D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
-D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
-D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128
-D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr"
-D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/sbin/suexec"
-D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/httpd.pid"
-D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
-D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/accept.lock"
-D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
-D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/mime.types"
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"
