Django with Apache + mod_python on Windows XP

All right, this is just a step by step tutorial for myself.

1. Get following files, but notice there're some limitations for the combination. For instance, mod_python does not recognize Python26 or later version.
• apache_2.2.11-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
• python-2.5.4.msi
• Django-1.0.2-final.tar.gz
• mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.2.exe


2. Install Apache (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2), I chose "Install Apache for All Users, on Port 80, as a Service."


3. Install Python (C:\Python25), I chose "Install for all users."


4. Update system environment with path "C:\Python25" included.


5. Install mod_python, it will ask where do you put your Python and Apache.


6. Add this line into Apache configuration (...\Apache2.2\httpd.conf) to load mod_python:

   LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so

7. Install Django, untar the archive and run command "python setup.py install" from command prompt, it will be installed at "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django."
   


8. Create a directory for storing Django projects (D:\django).


9. Create a Django project (mysite) by running command "C:\Python25\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject mysite." A new directory "D:\django\mysite" will then be created.


10. Put this directive into Apache configuration file:

    <location "/">
       SetHandler python-program
       PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
       SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
       PythonPath "['D:/django'] + sys.path"
       PythonDebug On
    </location>

11. Open http://127.0.0.1/.

It worked!
Congratulations on your first Django-powered page.

Notes

• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE xxx.settings, xxx is the project's name created at step 9.
• If the url you want for your project is something like "http://127.0.0.1/best/*", you need to use

  <location "/best/">
     SetHandler python-program
     PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
     SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
     PythonOption django.root /best
     PythonPath "['D:/django'] + sys.path"
     PythonDebug On
  </location>
  

  at step 10 instead.