Do you have access to any sort of virtualhost file? I honestly can't say I've ever tried it with an .htaccess. It would be rather inefficient because it would be read on every connection. I'm not sure, but I think that might force a reload on every connection.
-Mark On Dec 11, 10:40 pm, Todd Wilson <twil...@csufresno.edu> wrote: > tiemonster wrote, on 12/11/2010 05:45 AM: > > > To use Django with Apache, it would be necessary to install *some* > > python interpreter into the server. I used Django on our shared > > hosting site using an .htaccess that called the mod_python handler in > > Django. However, mod_python was already installed. If they are > > offering to install mod_wsgi, then absolutely take them up on it. The > > performance difference between mod_wsgi and pretty much every other > > Apache arrangement cannot be understated. > > Thanks for clearing that up; I will definitely have them install > mod_wsgi. But, will there be more for them to do than just installing > the module? In other words, presuming that they are not already > familiar with mod_wsgi, will I also have to ask them make some further > modifications to the Apache config file, which I don't have access to, > or can I do the rest myself with an .htaccess file? > > --Todd> On Dec 9, 8:56 pm, Todd Wilson <twil...@csufresno.edu> wrote: > >> A couple of weeks ago I sent the message quoted below to the list. One > >> reader (Daniel Roseman) replied and suggested that I might not need to > >> ask the hosting service to install anything, quoting documentation from > >> the FastCGI section, but it seemed to me (as explained in my reply on > >> 11/28/2010) that mod_fastcgi had to be installed, which it isn't (or at > >> least it's not in /etc/apache2/mods-available/). > > >> Anyway, I got through to the hosting provider's tech support with my > >> request and got this reply: > > >> According to Django requirements (http://packages.debian.org/lenny > >> /python-django) and our experience there is no need to have > >> mod_python or mod_wsgi installed on the server. So, you could > >> try to run Django web site on the server. If any problem arises we > >> will install the mod_wsgi module. > > >> I wonder if they are referring to the development server here. Please > >> correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood from the documentation that a > >> vanilla installation of Apache would not be sufficient to deploy > >> production Django applications, except possibly through (old-fashioned) > >> CGI: some form of integration (mod_wsgi, mod_python, mod_fastcgi, ...) > >> would be needed. Is that right? > > >> In any case, they are willing to install mod_wsgi. Not being very > >> familiar with Apache configuration, can someone tell me how much of the > >> WSGI configuration mentioned in the Django docs for WSGI deployment > >> (http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/howto/deployment/modwsgi/) can be > >> done with an .htaccess file, and how much I will have to ask them to do > >> for me? > > >> Thanks, > > >> --Todd > > >> Todd Wilson wrote, on 11/27/2010 07:20 PM:> I'm helping some friends > >> improve a portal website they have created > >>> using PHP, but which would be ideal for Django, in the sense that a lot > >>> of the work they've already done, and would like to do as they improve > >>> the site, would be easy to do in Django. They have a hosting contract > >>> with Intermedia (http://www.intermedia.net/) and would very much like to > >>> keep it. I've gotten ssh access to their server and went poking around > >>> a bit, and, although python is available on the server (version 2.5.2), > >>> there doesn't seem to be any support for WSGI, mod_python, FastCGI, or > >>> the other deployment options listed in the documentation (at least I > >>> didn't see them in /etc/apache2/mods-available/), and it doesn't look > >>> like they support other frameworks (Rails, Drupal, Zope) either. > > >>> My question: I've always set up my own servers and don't have any > >>> experience with web hosting; is there a minimal sort of request that I > >>> could make to Intermedia that, if granted, would make it possible for me > >>> (and presumably others) to deploy a Django site using their service, or > >>> should I just try to convince my friends to find a different hosting > >>> service? It seems like there would be many to choose from: > > >>> http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoFriendlyWebHosts > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> --Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
