<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>2.3.2 Configuring Apache</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="2.3.2 Configuring Apache"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <LINK REL="previous" href="inst-makeinstall.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="inst-installing.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="inst-testing.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="inst-makeinstall.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="inst-installing.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="inst-testing.html"><img src="icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-makeinstall.html">2.3.1 Running make install</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-installing.html">2.3 Installing</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-testing.html">2.4 Testing</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION004320000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 2.3.2 Configuring Apache </H2> <P> <UL> <LI>If you compiled mod_python as a DSO, you will need to tell Apache to load the module by adding the following line in the Apache configuration file, usually called <span class="file">httpd.conf</span> or <span class="file">apache.conf</span>: <P> <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> LoadModule python_module libexec/mod_python.so </pre></dl> <P> <a name='l2h-12'> </a>The actual path to <b class="program">mod_python.so</b> may vary, but make install should report at the very end exactly where <b class="program">mod_python.so</b> was placed and how the <code>LoadModule</code> directive should appear. <P> If your Apache configuration uses <code>ClearModuleList</code> directive, you will need to add mod_python to the module list in the Apache configuration file: <P> <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> AddModule mod_python.c </pre></dl> <P> <b>NB:</b> Some (not all) RedHat Linux users reported that mod_python needs to be first in the module list, or Apache will crash. <P> </LI> <LI>If you used the static installation, you now need to recompile Apache: <P> <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> $ cd ../src/apache_1.3.12 $ ./configure --activate-module=src/modules/python/libpython.a $ make </pre></dl> <P> Or, if you prefer the old "Configure" style, edit <span class="file">src/Configuration</span> to have <P> <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> AddModule modules/python/libpython.a </pre></dl> then run <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> $ cd src $ ./Configure $ Make </pre></dl> <P> </LI> </UL> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="inst-makeinstall.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="inst-installing.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="inst-testing.html"><img src="icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-makeinstall.html">2.3.1 Running make install</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-installing.html">2.3 Installing</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-testing.html">2.4 Testing</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.7.8, documentation updated on April 19, 2002.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>
