Apache mod_wsgi Django setup - Forbidden You don't have permission to access /mysite on this server

Question

I have install python 26, Apache 2.2, modwsgi ap2.2 py26 On windows XP. and apache loads modwsgi fine. when I check localhost: apache says - It works! but when i try to open the Django directory mysite: localhost/mysite i get : Forbidden You don't have permission to access /mysite on this server. I have re-installed and installed this many times but still the same thing. The tutorial says should get: It worked httpd.conf LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so WSGIScriptAlias / /mysite/apache/mysite.wsgi runs fine, as in: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modwsgi/ My project path is C:\mysite and according to "http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modwsgi/" mysite.wsgi path is C:\mysite\apache\mysite.wsgi I have search the for this problem but solution on the Linux please any one give me the answer for windows.

and error log is:- [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/mysite/apache/mysite.wsgi could someone please help with this... thanks

Answer 1

This configuration snippet is from Linux, not Windows, but (pathname differences aside) should be pretty representative of a good mod_wsgi configuration. Given the symptoms you've described, it sounds like you didn't get the directory permissions block for mysite.wsgi correct. In short, anyone you want to view any part of your site must have 'access' to the directory that contains that file.

WSGIProcessGroup  foo
WSGIDaemonProcess foo processes=2 threads=5 home=/data/web/foo display-name=foo

DocumentRoot /var/www

WSGIScriptAlias / /data/web/foo/apache/django.wsgi
<Directory /data/web/foo/apache>
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

Alias /static/ /data/web/foo/site/foo/static/
<Directory /data/web/foo/site/foo/static/>
  SetHandler None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>