Installing extension for Apache

I know this is a bit OT, but I think you guys has the biggest possibility to solve it anyway, so let me try.


I have to install an "extension" to apache. The mod_python extension. But in one of the steps I have to edit the httpd.conf file. But I am not 100% sure where to put it..:)...some help?

In the instructions it says:

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Edit your httpd.conf file and update the AddHandler parameter
On you local machine edit your c:\apache\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf file and add
LoadModule python_module libexec/mod_python.so

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<Directory "c:/apache/Apache2/htdocs/test">
        AddHandler mod_python .py
        PythonHandler mptest
        PythonDebug On
    </Directory>

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Where test is the directory you will add your application and mptest.py will be the python file initial app that runs.

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Now, where do I put this, and should the blue part also go there? The only place I can find anything about AddHandler in my httpd.conf file is here. Is this the place, if so, does it matter where in that part?

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# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

#
# For files that include their own HTTP headers:
#
#AddHandler send-as-is asis

#
# For server-parsed imagemap files:
#
#AddHandler imap-file map

#
# For type maps (negotiated resources):
# (This is enabled by default to allow the Apache "It Worked" page
# to be distributed in multiple languages.)
#
AddHandler type-map var

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Thanks for my helping me with answering my n00bish question...:)
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Solved it....Not sure if it actualy mattered, but I just wrote it somewhere, and it worked. At least after I found out that the mod_python module was in the Apache2/modules folder, rather then in the Apache2/libexec folder...:)



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I think I cheered too much last night before I went home...:)


I only tested that the apache server was working, and that I was able to get into the Apache server page through my browser and http://localhost. But when I was testing my Python script, I noticed that it wasn't working too well...:(...I get this error message:

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Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mptest"

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\PYTHON~1\Lib\site-packages\mod_python\apache.py", line 287, in HandlerDispatch
log=debug)

File "C:\PYTHON~1\Lib\site-packages\mod_python\apache.py", line 457, in import_module
module = imp.load_module(mname, f, p, d)

File "C:/Apache2/htdocs/python/\mptest.py", line 3

def handler(req):

^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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I have higlighted a line that looks very weird..:)...but the actual error is on the first line, on the def word. The first word in my small script that looks like this:

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from mod_python import apache

    def handler(req):
        req.write("Hello World!")
        return apache.OK

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Anyone got any idea about what can be wrong here?


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OMG...I feel stupid now...:)...It was my code that had the error, nothing about the instalation.

I had written:

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from mod_python import apache

    def handler(req):
        req.write("Hello World!")
        return apache.OK

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And it was supposed to be:

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from mod_python import apache

def handler(req):
    req.write("Hello World!")
    return apache.OK

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