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#Web2py Installation as Apache WSGI on Webfaction

Make available two subdomain names, one for adminstration, the other for public display:

admin.example.com
    www.example.com
    
Create a Webfaction application of type "mod_wsgi 2.0/Python 2.5":

apachewsgi
    
Create two Webfaction sites:

'mysite_admin' -- https enabled; subdomain 'admin.example.com';     
    application 'apachewsgi' served at '/'
    
    'mysite' -- *not* https enabled; subdomain 'www.example.com'; 
    application 'apachewsgi' served at '/'

Get the latest web2py and copy it into ~/webapps/apachewsgi/:

cd ~/repos/svn #for example
    svn checkout http://web2py.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ web2py-read-only
    svn export web2py-read-only ~/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py
    
Edit `~/webapps/apachewsgi/apache2/conf/httpd.conf` (see listing below):

In the httpd.conf file, the port number for the app is in line similar to "Listen NNNN"
    
Create admin password:
   
In `~/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py:`

python2.5 web2py -p NNNN      # where NNNN is port number, no quotes

web2py will ask you for a password, which it will then store in a file, 'parameters_NNNN.py'
    
From another terminal, kill web2py process according to web2py's output instructions
    
Start your app:

~/webapps/apachewsgi/apache2/bin/start

###httpd.conf listing

LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
    LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
    LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
    LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
    LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so 
    LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
    LoadModule access_module modules/mod_access.so
    KeepAlive Off
    Listen NNNN
    WSGIScriptAlias / /home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py/wsgihandler.py 
    WSGIDaemonProcess web2py user=[YOUR ACCOUNT] group=[YOUR ACCOUNT] \
         home=/home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py \      
         processes=1 maximum-requests=1000

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:NNNN
    <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:NNNN>
        ServerName www.example.com            
        DocumentRoot /home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py/applications            
        <Directory />         
            Options FollowSymLinks             
            AllowOverride None             
        </Directory>             
        <Directory /home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/>         
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews             
            AllowOverride None             
            Order allow,deny             
            allow from all             
        </Directory>         
    </VirtualHost>
    <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:NNNN>
        ServerName admin.example.com            
        DocumentRoot /home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/web2py/applications/admin          
        <Directory />         
            Options FollowSymLinks             
            AllowOverride None             
        </Directory>             
        <Directory /home/[YOUR ACCOUNT]/webapps/apachewsgi/>         
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews             
            AllowOverride None             
            Order allow,deny             
            allow from all             
        </Directory>         
    </VirtualHost>
    LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \
         \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined         
    CustomLog logs/access_log combined
    ServerLimit 2

particular thanks to 'johanm' for post to web2py discussion group, "mod_wsgi deployment question".

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