Last (?) post about MediaTemple (dv) and Django

This is a refinement of a previous post on the topic of Django integration into a MediaTemple (dv) account. Following a talk with MT and reading some knowledgebase info, here is the quick route to Django configuration happiness - now more better.

This is how we do it:

Add to base config aka /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf the following in the appropriate section:

LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so

And in the appropriate section, add this too:

NameVirtualHost *:80

#Add a VirtualHost Section for each Name-based virtual server

<VirtualHost>
ServerAdmin email@email.com
ServerName www.URL.com
ServerAlias URL.com *.URL.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/URL/httpdocs

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/URL/httpdocs>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

then save the file and exit the editor.

In the directory of path '/var/www/vhosts/(DOMAIN NAME)/conf' there is a file called 'httpd.include.' It holds unique config info for each virtual domain. It is rebuilt automatically from time to time based on Plesk. Instead of editing that file, make a new one called 'vhost.conf' (if it doesn't already exist) and add the following info to this file:

WSGIDaemonProcess URL.com processes=1 threads=1 display-name=%{GROUP}
WSGIProcessGroup URL.com
WSGIScriptAlias /myapp /home/username/django/scripts/URL.com.wsgi

<Directory /home/username/django/scripts>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/URL.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/URL.com-access_log common

Notes on the above, in brief

1. LoadModule is in httpd.conf
2. NameVirtualHost declaration is in httpd.conf
3. virtualhosts make use of /virtualhostname/conf/vhost.conf
4. WSGIScriptAlias declarations are in respective vhost.conf, not in httpd.conf*

* This is because WSGIScriptAlias in httpd.conf didn't work

Once that is configured as you like, simply restart the server in this manner:

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng --reconfigure-vhost --vhost-name=mt-example.com 

service httpd graceful

Now test your django. With any luck, you will see a screen confirming a correct installation.