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diff --git a/parts/django/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt b/parts/django/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 17ba0e3..0000000 --- a/parts/django/docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -========================================== -How to use Django with Apache and mod_wsgi -========================================== - -Deploying Django with Apache_ and `mod_wsgi`_ is the recommended way to get -Django into production. - -.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/ -.. _mod_wsgi: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ - -mod_wsgi is an Apache module which can be used to host any Python application -which supports the `Python WSGI interface`_, including Django. Django will work -with any version of Apache which supports mod_wsgi. - -.. _python wsgi interface: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/ - -The `official mod_wsgi documentation`_ is fantastic; it's your source for all -the details about how to use mod_wsgi. You'll probably want to start with the -`installation and configuration documentation`_. - -.. _official mod_wsgi documentation: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ -.. _installation and configuration documentation: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationInstructions - -Basic Configuration -=================== - -Once you've got mod_wsgi installed and activated, edit your ``httpd.conf`` file -and add:: - - WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/mysite/apache/django.wsgi - -The first bit above is the url you want to be serving your application at (``/`` -indicates the root url), and the second is the location of a "WSGI file" -- see -below -- on your system, usually inside of your project. This tells Apache -to serve any request below the given URL using the WSGI application defined by that file. - -Next we'll need to actually create this WSGI application, so create the file -mentioned in the second part of ``WSGIScriptAlias`` and add:: - - import os - import sys - - os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings' - - import django.core.handlers.wsgi - application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler() - -If your project is not on your ``PYTHONPATH`` by default you can add:: - - path = '/usr/local/django' - if path not in sys.path: - sys.path.append(path) - -just above the final ``import`` line to place your project on the path. Remember to -replace 'mysite.settings' with your correct settings file, and '/usr/local/django' -with your own project's location. - -Serving media files -=================== - -Django doesn't serve media files itself; it leaves that job to whichever Web -server you choose. - -We recommend using a separate Web server -- i.e., one that's not also running -Django -- for serving media. Here are some good choices: - - * lighttpd_ - * Nginx_ - * TUX_ - * A stripped-down version of Apache_ - * Cherokee_ - -If, however, you have no option but to serve media files on the same Apache -``VirtualHost`` as Django, you can set up Apache to serve some URLs as -static media, and others using the mod_wsgi interface to Django. - -This example sets up Django at the site root, but explicitly serves ``robots.txt``, -``favicon.ico``, any CSS file, and anything in the ``/media/`` URL space as a static -file. All other URLs will be served using mod_wsgi:: - - Alias /robots.txt /usr/local/wsgi/static/robots.txt - Alias /favicon.ico /usr/local/wsgi/static/favicon.ico - - AliasMatch /([^/]*\.css) /usr/local/wsgi/static/styles/$1 - - Alias /media/ /usr/local/wsgi/static/media/ - - <Directory /usr/local/wsgi/static> - Order deny,allow - Allow from all - </Directory> - - WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/local/wsgi/scripts/django.wsgi - - <Directory /usr/local/wsgi/scripts> - Order allow,deny - Allow from all - </Directory> - -.. _lighttpd: http://www.lighttpd.net/ -.. _Nginx: http://wiki.nginx.org/Main -.. _TUX: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUX_web_server -.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/ -.. _Cherokee: http://www.cherokee-project.com/ - -More details on configuring a mod_wsgi site to serve static files can be found -in the mod_wsgi documentation on `hosting static files`_. - -.. _hosting static files: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationGuidelines#Hosting_Of_Static_Files - -Details -======= - -For more details, see the `mod_wsgi documentation on Django integration`_, -which explains the above in more detail, and walks through all the various -options you've got when deploying under mod_wsgi. - -.. _mod_wsgi documentation on Django integration: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithDjango |