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Tutorial: Your first WSGI Python web application served on Apache HTTPd.

Abstract

We’ll create a new python project using wsgi (web server gateway interface)

 

Introduction

Python based web applications can be served in several ways. You can use the old and good CGI interface, or use the more common used mod_python. FastCGI and SCGI are also an option. but most of those ways supports the WSGI interface which is the recommended way. You can learn more about each way, and the cons and pros of each, and what is wsgi  in this great tutorial/article: How to use python in the web.

We’ll build a skeleton for a Python based WSGI web application hosted on Apache HTTPd. I’ve choosed WSGI over other methods to promote web application portability across a variety of web servers.

 

Prerequisities

  • Python
  • Apache HTTPd Service running and working. trim instance is better.

 

Setup

mod_wsgi

red-hat/fedora/centos: install mod_wsgi using:

yum install mod_wsgi

debain/ubuntu: install mod_wsgi using:

apt-get install mod_wsgi

 

Virtual Application

configure your httpd with:

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WSGIScriptAlias /myapp /var/www/myapp/myapp.wsgi
<Directory /var/www/myapp>
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>
WSGIScriptAlias /myapp /var/www/myapp/myapp.wsgi
<Directory /var/www/myapp>
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>

 

WSGI

Create the file myapp.wsgi at ‘/var/www/myapp’ and fill it with the example from mod_wsgi documentation:

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def application(environ, start_response):
    status = '200 OK'
    output = 'Hello World!'
 
    response_headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain'),
                        ('Content-Length', str(len(output)))]
    start_response(status, response_headers)
 
    return [output]
def application(environ, start_response):
    status = '200 OK'
    output = 'Hello World!'

    response_headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain'),
                        ('Content-Length', str(len(output)))]
    start_response(status, response_headers)

    return [output]

You may need to restart your apache using: service httpd restart.

Now use your browser to see the ‘Hello World’ response from your first wsgi server.

Helloworld

 

More information

 

Happy wsgi python-ing…!

Schedule tasks on Linux using Cron

Overview

Cron is the time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems.
Cron enables users to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run periodically at certain times or dates.
It is commonly used to automate system maintenance or administration, though its general-purpose nature means that it can be used for other purposes.
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Deep Freeze + Windows Locked Loop: Change to thawed mode

deep freeze

 

So, You’re stuck in a loop?

If you using the evalution edition – it’s no problem! just change your date 30 days to the future and deep freeze will stop working.
If you using the full edition you need a different solution:

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Do something GOOD! with your PC – BOINC on RHEL/Fedora/Centos!

boinc

Boinc

BOINC is an open-source software platform for computing using volunteered resources, Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.

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