h1. Deploying Django under Apache

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h2. Apache 2.2 deployment

Apache 2.2 (http://httpd.apache.org/) is an HTTP server.

For full deployment information, see

* http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/install.html

Following the "overview for the impatient"...

* Log in as root user,

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$ sudo su -

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* Download,

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$ lynx http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

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** Alternatively:

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$ wget http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/ftp.apache.org//httpd/httpd-2.2.22.tar.gz

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* Extract,

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$ gzip -d httpd-2.2.22.tar.gz 

$ tar xvf httpd-2.2.22.tar

$ cd httpd-2.2.22

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* Configure,

<pre>

$ ./configure

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** This uses a default deployment directory of @/usr/local/apache2@.

* Compile,

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$ make 

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* Install,

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$ make install 

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* Start-up server,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start

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** If you get an error like,

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(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

no listening sockets available, shutting down

Unable to open logs

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** Then edit @/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf@,

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$ xemacs /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf 

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** and change,

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Listen 80 

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** to a port that is not in use e.g.

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Listen 9090

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** and start Apache,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start

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* Browse to http://localhost:8080 (or whatever port you specified above) and you should see @It works!"@

Useful files:

* Configuration: @/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf@

* Error log: @/usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log@

h2. mod_wsgi deployment

mod_wsgi (http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/) is an Apache module allowing the hosting of Python applications which suppport Python's WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface).

For full deployment information, see

* http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationInstructions

* http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues

Now, following the quick installation guide (http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/QuickInstallationGuide),

* Download latest release (July 2010)

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$ wget http://modwsgi.googlecode.com/files/mod_wsgi-3.3.tar.gz

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* Extract,

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$ gunzip mod_wsgi-3.3.tar.gz 

$ tar -xf mod_wsgi-3.3.tar

$ cd mod_wsgi-3.3

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* Set Python library path, if using a non-default Python distribution. The author uses MAUS Python, so set:

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$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/lib/

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* Configure,

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$ ./configure

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** If you get an error like:

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/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/bin/python2.7: error while loading 

shared libraries: libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: 

No such file or directory

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** Then set the @LD_LIBRARY_PATH@ as above.

** If using a non-default Python distribution, then add a @--with-python@ flag pointing to the Python executable. The author uses MAUS Python so set:

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   --with-python=/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/bin/python2.7

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** If you get an error like:

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checking for apxs2... no

checking for apxs... no

checking Apache version... ./configure: line 1704: apxs: command not found

./configure: line 1704: apxs: command not found

./configure: line 1705: apxs: command not found

./configure: line 1708: /: is a directory

checking for python... /home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/bin/python

./configure: line 1877: apxs: command not found

configure: creating ./config.status

config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in

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** Then explicitly provide the path to Apache's @apxs@ command,

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$ ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

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** Combining the above gives,

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$ ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

  --with-python=/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/bin/python2.7

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* Compile,

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$ make

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* Install,

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$ make install

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* A @mod_wsgi.so@ library is installed in @/usr/local/apache2/modules@.

* Configure Apache, edit @/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf@,

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$ xemacs /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf 

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* and add,

<pre>

LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so

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* If you use a non-standard Python location and set @LD_LIBRARY_PATH@ above, then edit @/usr/local/apache2/bin/envvars@ and add a line to set the Python library path e.g.

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LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" 

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* Restart Apache,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl restart

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* If all is well you should see, in @/usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log@ a line like,

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[Tue Feb 07 18:50:37 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) mod_wsgi/3.3 

Python/2.7.2 configured -- resuming normal operations

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* If you see an error like,

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[Tue Feb 07 18:46:40 2012] [notice] SIGHUP received.  Attempting to restart

httpd: Syntax error on line 55 of /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot 

load /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so into server: 

libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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** then you have to set the @LD_LIBRARY_PATH@ as above.

* Clean up,

<pre>

$ make clean

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To check your installation (following http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/CheckingYourInstallation),

* List server information,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd  -V

Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Unix)

...

Server MPM:     Prefork

  threaded:     no

    forked:     yes (variable process count)

Server compiled with....

 -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork"

...

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** Important information is the version and prefork settings,

* List compiled-in modules,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd  -l

Compiled in modules:

...

  prefork.c

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** You should see @prefork.c@.

* List dynamically-loaded modules,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd  -M

 mpm_prefork_module (static)

 ...

 wsgi_module (shared)

 ...

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** You should see @wsgi_module@.

** If this fails with,

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httpd: Syntax error on line 55 of /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: 

Cannot load /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so into server: 

libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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** Then set your @LD_LIBRARY_PATH@ as above and try again,

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$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -M

Loaded Modules:

...

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* List modules linked to by @mod_wsgi@:

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$ ldd /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so

...

libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 

(0x00110000)

...

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** You should see the link to your Python library.

h2. Deploying ImageMagick

The ImageMagick library is used to convert between image types in the MAUS web-front end.

To install,

* Log in as root user,

<pre>

$ sudo su -

</pre>

* Get and unpack ImageMagick,

<pre>

$ wget http://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz

$ gunzip ImageMagick.tar.gz

$ tar -xf ImageMagick.tar

$ cd ImageMagick-6.7.4-0/

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* Configure,

<pre>

$ ./configure

</pre>

* Make,

<pre>

$ make

</pre>

* Install,

<pre>

$ make install

</pre>

** This places libraries in @/usr/local/lib@.

* Cache the libraries,

<pre>

$ ldconfig /usr/local/lib

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** This avoids problems with libraries not being found by Python's magickwand library.

* Check,

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$ /usr/local/bin/convert -h

Version: ImageMagick 6.7.4-0 2011-12-13 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org

Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2011 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Features: OpenMP    

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To install Python magickwand

* Setup the MAUS environment:

<pre>

$ source env.sh

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* Install,

<pre>

$ easy_install magickwand

</pre>

Check,

<pre>

$ python

$ import magickwand

$ from magickwand.image import Image

...

</pre>

* If you get an error like,

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Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/magickwand/image.py", line 2, in <module>

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/magickwand/api/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>

    #

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/magickwand/api/lib.py", line 11, in <module>

  File "/home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/third_party/install/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", 

  line 353, in __init__ self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)

OSError: libMagickWand.so.5: cannot open shared object file: 

 No such file or directory

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* then run @ldconfig@ as described above.

h2. Deploying the MAUS Django web front-end

For more on Django deployment under Apache 2.2/mod_wsgi, see

* https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/deployment/modwsgi/

* http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithDjango

* Check-out the MAUS Django code,

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$ bzr branch -v lp:~michaelj-h/maus-apps/devel maus-apps

</pre>

* Set-up environment,

<pre>

$ cd maus-apps

$ source env.sh

$ ./install.sh

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* Edit Django WSGI configuration file @apache/django.wsgi@

** Change @/home/michaelj@ in the above to the location of your @maus-apps@ check-out.

* Change permissions on the @media@ and @apache@ directories, so the @apache@ user that Apache 2.2 runs under can read configuration and update images,

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$ chmod -R go+rwx apache/

$ chmod -R go+rwx media/

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* Copy a couple of sample images,

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$ cp images/* media/raw

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* Log in as root user,

<pre>

$ sudo su -

</pre>

* Edit Apache 2.2 configuration,

<pre>

$ xemacs -nw /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

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Add,

<pre>

WSGIScriptAlias / /home/michaelj/maus-apps/apache/django.wsgi

# Location of django.wsgi

<Directory /home/michaelj/maus-apps/apache>

Order deny,allow 

Allow from all 

</Directory>

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* where:

** @/@ specifies the root URL - so all URL requests will be directed to Django.

** @/...@ - location of WSGI file within the MAUS Django project.

* Change @/home/michaelj@ in the above to the location of your @maus-apps@ check-out.

* Edit Apache 2.2 environment, so it has access to the MAUS environment (in particular all the Python libraries that have been easy_installed):

<pre>

$ xemacs -nw /usr/local/apache2/bin/envvars

</pre>

* Add

<pre>

source /home/michaelj/maus-bzr/maus/env.sh 

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<pre>

$ xemacs -nw /usr/local/apache2/bin/envvars

</pre>

* Restart Apache 2.2,

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$ /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl restart

</pre>

* Test,

** Visit http://localhost:8080/maus/, remembering to change the port number if you use a custom port.