Serving a Django 1.11 Application Through Apache and mod_wsgi

Create a django project "mysite"

In "mysite" project we're going to change it a bit and add an apache directory which contain three files:

In "mysite" add apache folder structure

mysite/

manage.py

mysite/

__init__.py

settings.py

urls.py

apache/

__init__.py

override.py

wsgi.py

myapp/

models.py

views.py

The empty __init__.py file tells Python to treat the directory as a package.

Add following content in override.py

# override.py

from mysite.settings import *

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['www.mydomain.com', 'mydomain.com']

Add following content in wsgi.py

#wsgi.py

import os, sys

# Calculate the path based on the location of the WSGI script.

apache_configuration= os.path.dirname(__file__)

project = os.path.dirname(apache_configuration)

workspace = os.path.dirname(project)

sys.path.append(workspace)

sys.path.append(project)

os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.apache.override'

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

application = get_wsgi_application()

Change ownership of apache folder

sudo chown www-data:www-data apache/

Configure Apache Settings
----------------------------------

Add static and wsgi path in 000-default.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Alias /static /home/pranav/Django/projects/mysite2/static

    <Directory /home/pranav/Django/projects/mysite2/static>

        Require all granted

    </Directory>

    <Directory /home/pranav/Django/projects/mysite2/mysite2/apache>

        <Files wsgi.py>

            Require all granted

        </Files>

    </Directory>

    WSGIScriptAlias / /home/pranav/Django/projects/mysite2/mysite2/apache/wsgi.py

Finally, save and close the file and restart Apache to see the changes:

sudo service apache2 restart

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