How to install mod_wsgi for apache 2.4 and python 3.4 on windows?

django python-3.x xampp mod-wsgi apache2.4
Yadynesh Desai picture Yadynesh Desai · Feb 17, 2017 · Viewed 20.5k times · Source

I had apache 2.4 already installed with xampp.I tried adding mod_wsgi using the steps mentioned here

But when I add the line 

LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi-py34-vc10.so

Apache does not start.

Answer

Graham Dumpleton picture Graham Dumpleton · Feb 17, 2017

It is better to build mod_wsgi yourself from code rather than use an arbitrary binary off the net. The steps are as follows.

  • Ensure you have a decent Apache installation which includes header files, e.g. Apache 2.4.37 Win64 from Apache Lounge . Preferably installed at location of C:/Apache24.

  • Ensure your Python installation is set up so that you can pip install modules. This must include having the correct Microsoft C compiler needed by that Python version.

  • Run pip install mod_wsgi. If your Apache installation is not at C:/Apache24, then first set the environment variable MOD_WSGI_APACHE_ROOTDIR to its location. Ensure you specify path as C:/Apache24 form and not with back slashes, that is, not as C:\Apache24. This is only needed when doing the install, not later.

  • Run mod_wsgi-express module-config.

  • Copy the output from runing mod_wsgi-express module-config into your Apache configuration file.

  • Add configuration for a WSGI application to the Apache configuration.

  • Restart Apache and see if it works.

Note that you are better off starting with a WSGI hello world rather than some huge Django application when initially testing.

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