You will unfortunately not find a binary OS supplied Ubuntu 10.4 package for 
mod_wsgi which is newer.

Your only choice would be to compile from source code.

Graham

On 17/12/2014, at 10:54 AM, Jennifer Mehl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for this info. I’ll try a newer mod_wsgi.
> 
> It’s very odd to me that the app works fine in mod_wsgi/Apache with no SSL 
> but parts become broken in certain browsers once SSL is enabled.
> 
> At any rate, thanks for the guidance and I’ll report back if I find a fix!
> 
> —Jennifer
> 
>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> If you are using mod_wsgi 3.4 that could be a problem in itself.
>> 
>> Recent versions of Ubuntu as I understand it use Apache 2.4, but such an old 
>> version of mod_wsgi may have issues on Apache 2.4. At the minimum would need 
>> to have mod_wsgi 3.5 from memory as some Apache 2.4 fixes were back ported 
>> to 3.5. It is unlikely they back ported those themselves to 3.4 for 14.04.
>> 
>> Either way, mod_wsgi itself shouldn't be causing any problems with HTTPS as 
>> it is Apache that deals with all that and mod_wsgi has nothing to do with 
>> the handling of secure connections. When mod_wsgi sees a request that came 
>> via HTTPS it sees it as being no different to a HTTP request with the 
>> exception of what the wsgi.url_scheme attribute is set to. It is therefore 
>> more likely to be an Apache configuration issue or issue with the code of 
>> Apache itself.
>> 
>> FWIW, mod_wsgi 3.4 means that Ubuntu version is almost 20 versions behind. 
>> Even Ubuntu 14.10 has only mod_wsgi 3.5. It is quite frustrating that they 
>> haven't been bothered to update their packages to more recent versions even 
>> if only for the most recent 14.10.
>> 
>> About the only thing I can suggest if it is readily reproducible, is to use 
>> request logging such as described in:
>> 
>> http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/DebuggingTechniques#Tracking_Request_and_Response
>> 
>> to see if when a request has issues, that the WSGI application actually 
>> returned the requests properly.
>> 
>> If it isn't, then use something like:
>> 
>> http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/DebuggingTechniques#Extracting_Python_Stack_Traces
>> 
>> to get out Python stack traces for where a request handler may be stuck.
>> 
>> Both can be fiddly so sounds like you aren't going to have time to do that.
>> 
>> Graham
>> 
>> On 17/12/2014, at 10:04 AM, Jennifer Mehl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I’m on the latest for Ubuntu 14.04LTS - 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1.  I have been 
>>> using the updated mod_wsgi3.4 from Ubuntu. 
>>> 
>>> At this point I was thinking about trying my Django application in a 
>>> different WSGI server to see if I can narrow down if the problem is with 
>>> the Django code or something with mod_wsgi.  I was thinking about uwsgi 
>>> (trying to find something quick and easy to test) or nginx.
>>> 
>>> Again, the weird browser behavior I describe below only happens when using 
>>> Apache/HTTPS, port 443, in mod_wsgi (not Apache/HTTP in mod_wsgi or the 
>>> Django development server in port 80).
>>> 
>>> I’m kind of at my wit’s end trying to narrow down *where* the problem is 
>>> (if it’s something in the Django code, I only have one more day until my 
>>> developer leaves for a few weeks for winter break…) Do you think there any 
>>> debugging I can do by looking at the developer console in the affected 
>>> browsers - for instance comparing the affected pages on a working port 80 
>>> vs the same pages on the non-working SSL/port 443 connection?
>>> 
>>> thank you,
>>> Jennifer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> One more question. What version of Apache are you using?
>>>> 
>>>> If you are stuck on a quite old Apache 2.2.X version that would be a 
>>>> concern as there were various SSL related issues patched during the life 
>>>> of Apache 2.2.X.
>>>> 
>>>> Graham
>>>> 
>>>> On 16/12/2014, at 11:40 AM, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I'll go through the description you gave me and see if can suggest 
>>>>> anything, but first up, what version of mod_wsgi are you using?
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you are using mod_wsgi 4.4.0 make sure you update to 4.4.1. The newer 
>>>>> version resolves a potential for process crashing introduced in 4.4.0.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Graham
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 16/12/2014, at 11:33 AM, Jennifer Mehl <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am backpedalling a bit from my previous attempt to chroot mod_wsgi - 
>>>>>> instead, for now, just to get this Django application running, for 
>>>>>> simplicity, I am going to start out with just running it as a daemon as 
>>>>>> a restricted user.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In doing the final testing of my application on various browsers, I have 
>>>>>> noticed some strange problems.  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I run Django/mod_wsgi/Apache on port 80 (same config as below, 
>>>>>> minus the mod_ssl stuff)  or use the django development runserver 
>>>>>> 0.0.0.0:80, and disable the following settings in settings.py 
>>>>>> (#SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True #CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True) these 
>>>>>> browsers work correctly in the app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> However, when running Django application running through mod_wsgi and 
>>>>>> HTTPS/port 443 in Apache, I see problems with both IE and Safari 
>>>>>> browsers.  After login on Internet Explorer, page timeouts occur in 
>>>>>> various locations, reporting "This page can't be displayed".  On Safari, 
>>>>>> the app won't get past the secondary Duo MFA authentication step, saying 
>>>>>> "Server unexpectedly dropped the connection." It is not a consistent 
>>>>>> behavior - seems to happen more frequently if I click quickly through 
>>>>>> links.   Sometimes if I wait long enough to click, it might work 
>>>>>> momentarily, but then not again a moment later.  This behavior does NOT 
>>>>>> happen using Chrome or Firefox browsers on any OS.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apache config:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <VirtualHost *:443>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  ServerName **redacted**
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> #Django WSGI - Daemon
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/apache/wsgi.py
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      WSGIProcessGroup file-xfer 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      WSGIDaemonProcess file-xfer user=mod_wsgi group=mod_wsgi 
>>>>>> processes=2 threads=25 python-path=/var/www/transfergateway
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Directory /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/apache>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Files wsgi.py>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Order deny,allow
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Allow from all
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </Files>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </Directory>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alias /robots.txt 
>>>>>> /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/static/robots.txt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alias /favicon.ico 
>>>>>> /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/static/favicon.ico
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> AliasMatch ^/([^/]*\.css) 
>>>>>> /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/static/styles/$1
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alias /media/ /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/media/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alias /static/ /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/static/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Directory /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/static>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Order deny,allow
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Allow from all
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </Directory>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Directory /var/www/transfergateway/myproject/myapp/media>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Order deny,allow
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Allow from all
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </Directory>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  SSLEngine on
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/***
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/**
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/**
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> </IfModule>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So, I'm concluding that the HTTPS problem is one of two things: how I am 
>>>>>> configuring mod_wsgi with HTTPS, or some issue inside the Django code 
>>>>>> (but HTTPS works on some browsers with no issues, so I'm stumped...)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there anything special that I need to do in mod_wsgi or the Django 
>>>>>> application itself, in order to make the application HTTPS only?  (I am 
>>>>>> not a Python or Django developer, so I would be passing info on to the 
>>>>>> actual application developer for resolution.)  Any ideas?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>> Jennifer
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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