Apache Python Flask

1. Install Apache

2. Install Python

3. Install wsgi (via pip) pip3 install mod_wsgi

4. Install Flask (via pip)

5. Create Virtual Environment python3 -m venv venv

6. Active Environment: . venv/bin/activate (to deactivate, type deactivate

Your local apache config will differ based on os. For mac it's httpd.conf and for linux it's apache2.conf

1. Go into your apache config (httpd.conf) and update the values as described here

This step may not be necessary, but it's the first thing I did. Mainly you want to update your User and Group to be your computer's active User and Group (the user displayed when you open a terminal. Type whoami to see what is what.

2. Create an apache config file for your application. See docs

Copy and paste this to /etc/apache2/other/MyApp.conf Make sure to change the paths (USING ONLY ABSOLUTE PATHS) and the user and group to match

Point the WSGI alias to your app.wsgi file in your project

<VirtualHost *>
     # Add machine's IP address (use ifconfig command)
     ServerName localhost
     # Give an alias to to start your website url with
     WSGIDaemonProcess /Users/rchacon/code/github/orpheus/python/APF user=rchacon group=staff threads=5
     WSGIScriptAlias / /Users/rchacon/code/github/orpheus/python/APF/app.wsgi
     <Directory /Users/rchacon/code/github/orpheus/python/APF>
     		# set permissions as per apache2.conf file
        # WSGIProcessGroup APF
        # WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
        Order deny,allow
        # AllowOverride All
        Allow from all
     </Directory>
     ErrorLog /tmp/error.log
     LogLevel warn
     CustomLog /tmp/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

3. Add wsgi module to your apache config httpd.conf. Run this command to and add it's output to your httpd.conf: mod_wsgi-express module-config If that command doesn't exist, you need to find out where the wsgi module lives in your computer and add: LoadModule wsgi_module /path/to/module.so

4. in your httpd.conf, change Require all none to Require all granted at your root <Directory /> ... </Directory> tag (do a search for <Directory /> and find the one without any arguments passed to it.

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all granted
</Directory>

5. add Include /etc/apache2/other/*.conf to your httpd.conf. Change the path to wherever your custom application configurations go

6. Restart your apache server

7. Your app should be running on localhost

1. Make sure python, flask, apache, and wsgi are installed
2. Create an Apache config for your application
3. Create a .wsgi file for your python app
4. Load the wsgi module in the Apache config
5. Restart your apache server for changes to take effect

export FLASK_ENV=development

flask run

Start: sudo apachectl start

Stop: sudo apachectl stop

Config: vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Restart: sudo apachectl -k restart