# mod_wsgi (Apache) If you are using the [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) [http://httpd.apache.org/] webserver you should consider using [mod_wsgi](http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/) [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/]. ### Installing mod_wsgi If you don't have mod_wsgi installed yet you have to either install it usinga package manager or compile it yourself. The mod_wsgi [installation instructions](http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/QuickInstallationGuide) [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/QuickInstallationGuide] cover installation instructions forsource installations on UNIX systems. If you are using ubuntu / debian you can apt-get it and activate it as follows: ~~~ # apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi ~~~ On FreeBSD install mod_wsgi by compiling the www/mod_wsgi port or by usingpkg_add: ~~~ # pkg_add -r mod_wsgi ~~~ If you are using pkgsrc you can install mod_wsgi by compiling thewww/ap2-wsgi package. If you encounter segfaulting child processes after the first apache reload youcan safely ignore them. Just restart the server. ### Creating a .wsgi file To run your application you need a yourapplication.wsgi file. This filecontains the code mod_wsgi is executing on startup to get the applicationobject. The object called application in that file is then used asapplication. For most applications the following file should be sufficient: ~~~ from yourapplication import make_app application = make_app() ~~~ If you don't have a factory function for application creation but a singletoninstance you can directly import that one as application. Store that file somewhere where you will find it again (eg:/var/www/yourapplication) and make sure that yourapplication and allthe libraries that are in use are on the python load path. If you don'twant to install it system wide consider using a [virtual python](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv) [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv] instance. ### Configuring Apache The last thing you have to do is to create an Apache configuration file foryour application. In this example we are telling mod_wsgi to execute theapplication under a different user for security reasons: ~~~ <VirtualHost *> ServerName example.com WSGIDaemonProcess yourapplication user=user1 group=group1 processes=2 threads=5 WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/yourapplication/yourapplication.wsgi <Directory /var/www/yourapplication> WSGIProcessGroup yourapplication WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL} Order deny,allow Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> ~~~ For more information consult the [mod_wsgi wiki](http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/) [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/].