[FASTCGI] Can not get Apache2, fastcgi, and django working

[Andre Mikulec]

Hi,
 
I am having difficulty getting fastcgi on apache 2 working on my a centos 5.3 computer. 

I have been trying to get this to work for 21 days. 

May I have help? 

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I do the following. 

service httpd restart 

[root at localhost mysite]# ./manage.py runfcgi method=threaded 
host=127.0.0.1 port=8000 
<this returns immediately> 

Next, I browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000 

I get back the message. 

Failed to Connect 
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8000. 

This page seems to be continuously loading forever. 
The loading icon keeps going around in a circle. 

Next, I try the following. 

service httpd restart 

[root at localhost mysite]# ./manage.py runfcgi method=threaded 
host=127.0.0.1 port=3000 
<this returns immediately> 

http://127.0.0.1:3000/ 

I get back a blank page. 
This page seems to be continuously loading forever. 
The loading icon keeps going around in a circle. 

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My /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 
file has the default follow entry. 

# Load config files from the config directory "/etc/httpd/conf.d". 
# 
Include conf.d/*.conf 

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My ~/django.fcgi 
file has the default follow entry. 

#!/usr/bin/python 
import sys, os 

# Add a custom path 
sys.path.insert(0,'/usr/bin/python') 

# Switch to the directory of your project. (Optional) 
os.chdir('/root/Django_Projects/mysite') 

# OK 
sys.path.insert(0,'/root/Django-1.1') 
sys.path.insert(0,'/root/Django_Projects') 

# Set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable. 
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings' 

from django.core.handlers.fastcgi import runfastcgi 
runfastcgi(method='threaded', daemonize='false') 

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My /etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_fastcgi.conf 
file has the following entry. 

LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so 

FastCGIExternalServer /root/django.fcgi -host 127.0.0.1:8000 

<VirtualHost *:8000> 
  ServerName dummy 
  DocumentRoot /root/Django_Projects 
  Alias /media /root/Django_Projects_Media 
  RewriteEngine On 
  RewriteRule ^/(Django_Projects_Media.*)$ /$1 [QSA,L] 
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
  RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /django.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L] 
</VirtualHost> 

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My /root/.htaccess 
file looks like the following. 

AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ django.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L] 

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My  /root/Django_Projects/mysite directory looks like the following. 
This is brand new.  This has just been created. 

[root at localhost mysite]# pwd 
/root/Django_Projects/mysite 
[root at localhost mysite]# ls -al 
total 32 
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 12:53 . 
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 17 12:57 .. 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   43 Jun 20  2005 adminmedia -> /root/ 
Django-1.1/django/contrib/admin/media 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Jun 20  2005 __init__.py 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  120 Jun 20  2005 __init__.pyc 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  546 Jun 20  2005 manage.py 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2773 Jun 20  2005 settings.py 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1747 Jun 20  2005 settings.pyc 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  542 Jun 20  2005 urls.py 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  217 Jun 20  2005 urls.pyc 
[root at localhost mysite]# 

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My home directory  /root looks like the following. 

[root at localhost ~]# pwd 
/root 
[root at localhost ~]# ls -alrt 
total 504 
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 Jul 29 00:59 Django-1.1 
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct  5 10:32 Django_Projects_Media 
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   128 Oct  5 11:24 .htaccess 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   491 Oct 17 12:31 django.fcgi 
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Oct 17 12:57 Django_Projects 
[root at localhost ~]# 

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My (root) ~/.bash_profilee file looks like the following. 

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/root/Django-1.1/django/bin 

export PATH 
unset USERNAME 

PYTHONPATH=$HOME/Django_Projects 
export PYTHONPATH 

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Thank you for some help, 

Andre_Mikulec at Hotmail.com 



Thank you. 
Sincerely, 
Andre Mikulec 
 
Andre_Mikulec at Hotmail.com 
  		 	   		  
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