Configuration: Apache + mod_python

[Danilo]

On 8 Mrz., 22:23, Graham.Dumple... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 9, 12:02 am, "Danilo" <dbrab... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 8 Mrz., 12:18, Graham.Dumple... at gmail.com wrote:
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> > > On Mar 8, 9:50 pm, "Danilo" <dbrab... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi there,
>
> > > > is it possible to create a rewrite rule to send every server-request
> > > > to the directory /py? But only if the file does not exists on the
> > > > server.
>
> > > > This is my mod_python section of the apache config-file.
>
> > > > <Location "/py">
> > > >         SetHandler python-program
> > > >         PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
> > > >         PythonPath "['/var/www/mydomain.com/htdocs/py'] + sys.path"
> > > >         SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myapp.settings
> > > >         PythonDebug Off
> > > > </Location>
>
> > > For the more general case of where a HTTP 404 error would otherwise be
> > > returned, indicating that a resource could not be found, as opposed to
> > > an actual physical file, you can just use:
>
> > >   ErrorDocument 404 /py
>
> > > This would be simpler than using mod_rewrite. I can't remember though
> > > whether the handler when triggered in this case can change the
> > > response status to something other than 404.
>
> > > You could use mod_rewrite if you really must, but not sure how it
> > > would interact with virtual resources managed by some handler where no
> > > actual file exists. To be practical you would probably want to
> > > restrict the scope of mod_rewrite to specific contexts.
>
> > > Quoting an example from very good book "The Definitive Guide to Apache
> > > mod_rewrite", you can do something similar to:
>
> > >   RewriteEngine On
> > >   # If its not here ...
> > >   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> > >   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> > >   # Look here instead ...
> > >   RewriteRule ^/images/(.*) /pics/$1 [PT]
>
> > > In this case it is causing lookups for images to be made in two
> > > places, but your case wouldn't be much different.
>
> > > Graham
>
> > The rewrite rule works, but now every request ist send to /py.
> > This is my .conf:
>
> > <VirtualHost *>
> >         DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain.com/htdocs
> >         ServerName mydomain.com
> >         ServerAliaswww.mydomain.com
>
> >         <Location "/py">
> >                 SetHandler python-program
> >                 PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
> >                 PythonPath "['/var/www/mydomain.com/htdocs/py'] + sys.path"
> >                 SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myapp.settings
> >                 PythonDebug Off
> >         </Location>
>
> >         RewriteEngine On
> >         # If its not here...
> >         RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> >         RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> >         # Look here instead...
> >         RewriteRule (.*) /py$1 [PT]
>
> >         ErrorLog /var/www/mydomain.com/logs/error.log
> >         CustomLog /var/www/mydomain.com/logs/access.log common
> > </VirtualHost>
>
> > Any ideas what is wrong?
>
> I did say you would probably need to restrict the scope of the
> mod_rewrite rule to a specific context. In particular, put it inside
> of a Directory directive corresponding to the file system directory
> where your files live. Where you have it as the moment,
> REQUEST_FILENAME probably will not resolve to anything as Apache
> hasn't yet matched it to the filesystem. Thus:
>
>   <Directory /some/path/to/document/root>
>
>         RewriteEngine On
>         # If its not here...
>         RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>         RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
>         # Look here instead...
>         RewriteRule (.*) /py$1 [PT]
>
>   </Directory>
>
> Graham

Thank you.

the RewriteCond just needs the absolute path:

	RewriteEngine On
	# If its not here...
	RewriteCond /var/www/btsgroup.de/htdocs/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	RewriteCond /var/www/btsgroup.de/htdocs/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
	# Look here instead...
	RewriteRule (.*) /py$1 [PT]

Thanks
dan