mod_python installation guide

To install mod_python, we need the EPEL repositories:

1	rpm --import https://fedoraproject.org/static/0608B895.txt

2	wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

3	rpm -ivh epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

4	yum install yum-priorities

Now edit the /etc/yum.repos.d/eped.repo file and add priority=10 to the [epel] section.
After that follow the steps below and you’ll have mod_python installed and active.

1	yum install mod_python

2	service httpd restart

Now you should configure your httpd.conf files so that apache nows where and when to interpret your Python scripts. If you have installed you system with our LAMP installer, then go to /etc/httpd/conf.d and edit you websites .conf file (starting with a z_)

1	vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/z_castmator.com

Make sure you add the following lines in the <Directory …> </Directory> statements.

1	AddHandler mod_python .py

2	PythonHandler mod_python.publisher

3	PythonDebug On

Don’t forget that PythonDebug is for debug mode. When you’re done developing it may be a good idea to turn it off.
Also don’t forget to add your DirectoryIndex handlers so that Apache knows you can also have Python Index files. You can add this right after the </Directory> statement.

1	DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.py

Since we’ve altered with the configuration files of Apache, we should restart it again, then you are ready to go.

1	service httpd restart