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Ron DuPlain 2012-04-20 09:20:20 -04:00
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@ -54,16 +54,19 @@ can execute it:
Configuring Apache
------------------
The example above is good enough for a basic Apache deployment but your `.fcgi` file will appear in your application URL e.g. www.example.com/yourapplication.fcgi/news/. There are few ways to resolve it. A preferable way is to use Apache ScriptAlias configuration directive::
The example above is good enough for a basic Apache deployment but your `.fcgi`
file will appear in your application URL
e.g. example.com/yourapplication.fcgi/news/. There are few ways to configure
your application so that yourapplication.fcgi does not appear in the URL. A
preferable way is to use the ScriptAlias configuration directive::
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName example.com
ScriptAlias / /path/to/yourapplication.fcgi/
</VirtualHost>
Another way is to use a custom WSGI middleware. For example on a shared web hosting::
.htaccess
If you cannot set ScriptAlias, for example on an shared web host, you can use
WSGI middleware to remove yourapplication.fcgi from the URLs. Set .htaccess::
<IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ Another way is to use a custom WSGI middleware. For example on a shared web host
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ yourapplication.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
yourapplication.fcgi
Set yourapplication.fcgi::
#!/usr/bin/python
#: optional path to your local python site-packages folder
@ -128,16 +131,15 @@ A basic FastCGI configuration for lighttpd looks like that::
"^(/static.*)$" => "$1",
"^(/.*)$" => "/yourapplication.fcgi$1"
Remember to enable the FastCGI, alias and rewrite modules. This
configuration binds the application to `/yourapplication`. If you want
the application to work in the URL root you have to work around a
lighttpd bug with the
Remember to enable the FastCGI, alias and rewrite modules. This configuration
binds the application to `/yourapplication`. If you want the application to
work in the URL root you have to work around a lighttpd bug with the
:class:`~werkzeug.contrib.fixers.LighttpdCGIRootFix` middleware.
Make sure to apply it only if you are mounting the application the URL
root. Also, see the Lighty docs for more information on `FastCGI and
Python <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModFastCGI>`_
(note that explicitly passing a socket to run() is no longer necessary).
root. Also, see the Lighty docs for more information on `FastCGI and Python
<http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModFastCGI>`_ (note that
explicitly passing a socket to run() is no longer necessary).
Configuring nginx
-----------------
@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ A basic flask FastCGI configuration for nginx looks like this::
location /yourapplication { try_files $uri @yourapplication; }
location @yourapplication {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/yourapplication)(.*)$;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/yourapplication)(.*)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/yourapplication-fcgi.sock;
@ -214,4 +216,4 @@ python path. Common problems are:
.. _nginx: http://nginx.org/
.. _lighttpd: http://www.lighttpd.net/
.. _cherokee: http://www.cherokee-project.com/
.. _flup: http://trac.saddi.com/flup
.. _flup: http://trac.saddi.com/flup