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diff --git a/docs/modpython.txt b/docs/modpython.txt index aa1acf5864..44de0e1bd2 100644 --- a/docs/modpython.txt +++ b/docs/modpython.txt @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Then edit your ``httpd.conf`` file and add the following:: SetHandler python-program PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings + PythonOption django.root /mysite PythonDebug On </Location> @@ -45,6 +46,24 @@ This tells Apache: "Use mod_python for any URL at or under '/mysite/', using the Django mod_python handler." It passes the value of ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` so mod_python knows which settings to use. +**New in Django development version:** Because mod_python does not know we are +serving this site from underneath the ``/mysite/`` prefix, this value needs to +be passed through to the mod_python handler in Django, via the ``PythonOption +django.root ...`` line. The value set on that line (the last item) should +match the string given in the ``<Location ...>`` directive. The effect of this +is that Django will automatically strip the ``/mysite`` string from the front +of any URLs before matching them against your ``URLConf`` patterns. If you +later move your site to live under ``/mysite2``, you will not have to change +anything except the ``django.root`` option in the config file. + +When using ``django.root`` you should make sure that what's left, after the +prefix has been removed, begins with a slash. Your URLConf patterns that are +expecting an initial slash will then work correctly. In the above example, +since we want to send things like ``/mysite/admin/`` to ``/admin/``, we need +to remove the string ``/mysite`` from the beginning, so that is the +``django.root`` value. It would be an error to use ``/mysite/`` (with a +trailing slash) in this case. + Note that we're using the ``<Location>`` directive, not the ``<Directory>`` directive. The latter is used for pointing at places on your filesystem, whereas ``<Location>`` points at places in the URL structure of a Web site. @@ -59,6 +78,7 @@ computer, you'll have to tell mod_python where your project can be found: SetHandler python-program PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings + PythonOption django.root /mysite PythonDebug On **PythonPath "['/path/to/project'] + sys.path"** </Location> |