How to co host django app with php5 on apache2 with mod_python ?

Question

Hi folks,

I have django+python+apache2+mod_python installed hosted and working on ubuntu server/ linode VPS. php5 is installed and configured. We don't have a domain name as in example.com. Just IP address. So my apache .conf file looks like this

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www

    <Location "/">
            SetHandler python-program
            PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
            SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
            PythonOption django.root /mysite
            PythonPath "['/var/www/djangoprojects',] + sys.path"
            PythonDebug On
    </Location>

I want to install vtiger so if I change my .conf file like say this

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vtigercrm/
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/vtiger.error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/vtiger.access_log combined
    <Directory /var/www/vtigercrm>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

This way vtiger the php based app works fine and ofcourse django app is not accessible. How do I make both co-exist in one file. i cannot use virtual host/subdomains. I can do with a diff port no thou.

Any clue guys ?

Regards Ankur Gupta

Answer 1

I need to test it, but this should get your Django project running at /mysite/:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vtigercrm/
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/vtiger.error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/vtiger.access_log combined
    <Directory /var/www/vtigercrm>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    <Location "/mysite/">
        SetHandler python-program
        PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
        SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
        PythonOption django.root /mysite
        PythonPath "['/var/www/djangoprojects',] + sys.path"
        PythonDebug On
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

Also, the preferred way to host Django apps is with mod_wsgi.