On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:58, Chris S <sanders.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just wanted to update here for anyone else that tries to implement on > Midphase hosting. > > 1 - The RewriteBase for me needed to be: > RewriteBase /home/<username>/public_html/<installfolder>
You should not use a "public" (Web-acessible) directory to install web2py. It is more safe to have web2py files in a non-public directory. Using WSGI is preferable than CGI/FastCGI. > That changed from 'file not found' to 'bad request' > > 2 - I contacted customer support and it seems python isn't installed > but it is supported. I put in a ticket to have python installed on > our host, and hopefully if the customer service rep was right I'll be > updating you with more info once that's done. > > > > On Oct 1, 10:26 am, Chris S <sanders.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've got a friend that's letting me try out web2py on his unlimited >> host so I can compare to the GAE. However, I'm just not clear on how >> to get this setup. >> >> He's using midphase and I have cPanel and FTP access to the site. >> I've uploaded the contents of my web2py folder into the Public_html/ >> myfolder. >> >> Going towww.example.com/myfolder >> shows an Index of all files in the folder. >> >> I tried adding a .htaccess file with: >> Options +ExecCGI >> AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi >> RewriteEngine On >> RewriteBase / >> RewriteRule ^dispatch\.fcgi/ - [L] >> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi/$1 [L] >> >> With that I renamed the fastcgihandler.py to dispatch.fcgi. I've >> given 755 permisions to the dispatch.fcgi file as well as >> fcgihandler.py. I get an error message saying that dispatch.fcgi >> can't be found. >> >> Then I tried using: >> SetHandler python-program >> PythonHandler web2py_modpython >> ##PythonDebug On >> >> This time I set the web2py_modpython.py to 755 as well as >> wsgihandler.py. Now I get a 500 Internal Server error. >> >> Midphase support says they support both FastCGI and WSGI. Where do I >> go from here? What information do I need to ask for to get this >> setup? I had this same copy of web2py running via WSGI + Apache >> following the instructions on in the book, but it's really lacking in >> information if you can't setup the Apache config file and have to >> use .htaccess with WSGI or FastCGI. >> >> Thanks! > -- Álvaro Justen Peta5 - Telecomunicações e Software Livre 21 3021-6001 / 9898-0141 http://www.peta5.com.br/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
