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Reducing Django Memory Usage. Low hanging fruit?
My memory usage increases over time and restarting Django is not kind to users.
I am unsure how to go about profiling the memory usage but some tips on how to start measuring would be useful.
I have ...
23
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2answers
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Differences and uses between WSGI, CGI, FastCGI, and mod_python in regards to Python?
I'm just wondering what the differences and advantages are for the different CGI's out there. Which one would be best for python scripts, and how would I tell the script what to use?
14
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4answers
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Get the version of Django for application
I am starting a new (actually very old) project which I know is in Django. I am getting lost knowing the exact version of Django it has been build upon. Is there a way I can know the version of Django ...
14
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2answers
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Django newbie deployment question - ImportError: Could not import settings 'settings'
The app runs fine using django internal server however when I use apache + mod_python I get the below error
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 75, in ...
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11answers
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A good multithreaded python webserver?
I am looking for a python webserver which is multithreaded instead of being multi-process (as in case of mod_python for apache). I want it to be multithreaded because I want to have an in memory ...
12
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2answers
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Python for web development in Apache [closed]
I've been playing with mod_python in apache2 which seems to work differently than python does in general - there's a bit different syntax and things you need to do. It's not very well documented and ...
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3answers
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Converting from mod_python to mod_wsgi
My website is written in Python and currently runs under mod_python with Apache. Lately I've had to put in a few ugly hacks that make me think it might be worth converting the site to mod_wsgi. But ...
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2answers
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Serving static files with mod_wsgi and Django
I have a django application using mod_python, fairly typical configuration except that media files are being served by a (I know, not recommended) 'media' directory in the document root. I would like ...
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5answers
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How to setup and run Python on Wampserver?
Can anyone help me to set up Python to run on Wampserver. From what I've read so far you would need to use a combination of Wampser, Python, mod_pyhton, and adjustment to the Apache http.conf file. ...
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4answers
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Restarting a Django application running on Apache + mod_python
I'm running a Django app on Apache + mod_python. When I make some changes to the code, sometimes they have effect immediately, other times they don't, until I restart Apache. However I don't really ...
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Setting up Python on Windows/ Apache?
I want to get a simple Python "hello world" web page script to run on Windows Vista/ Apache but hit different walls. I'm using WAMP. I've installed mod_python and the module shows, but I'm not quite ...
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4answers
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django request.POST contains <could not parse>
I am having a django form to get the username,password. when the user posts data, i see that the post dictionary contains the following(traceback),
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
4
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1answer
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mod_python for python 2.7
I recently downloaded python 2.7 on my computer (x64) and I would like to install mod_python for it (I have apache 2.2), however, I can't find a mod_python release supporting python 2.7. Has ...
4
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3answers
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Browser Detection Python / mod_python?
I want to keep some statistics about users and locations in a database. For instance, I would like to store "Mozilla","Firefox","Safari","Chrome","IE", etc... as well as the versions, and possibly the ...
4
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4answers
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deploying a WSGI application on mod_python
I wrote a WSGI application which I need to deploy to a server, however I've been given a server that already has mod_python installed.
I am not allowed to remove mod_python since there are some ...
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2answers
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Making Python scripts work on MAMP
I'm using mamp server for testing out all my web pages. I'm new to python. I'm able to run a script in python interpreter that will normally print a hello world.
print "Hello World!"
So i used ...
4
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0answers
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How to Compile Mod_Python 3.3.1 for Python 2.6 and Apache 2.2 on Windows?
I have no experience compiling code other than using Visual Studio's Build command. I am hoping we can create a step by step guide for compiling mod_python on windows. Please be as descriptive as ...
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2answers
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Get client ip with python
I'm a newbie in python.
I want to write a simple web that prints the client ip on screen
my http.conf Handler:
AddHandler mod_python .py
PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
PythonDebug On
...
3
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3answers
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How do I modify sys.path from .htaccess to allow mod_python to see Django?
The host I'm considering for hosting a Django site has mod_python installed, but does not have Django. Django's INSTALL file indicates that I can simply copy the django directory to Python's ...
3
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1answer
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python webpage mod_wsgi
Before I used mod_python for python websites. Unfortunately mod_python is not up to date any more so I looked for another framework and found mod_wsgi.
In mod_python it was possible to have an index ...
3
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1answer
288 views
Web content filter with Apache + mod_wsgi?
I'd like to write a simple web content filter with flexible filtering rules that are written in Python. The filter is to be used as a forward proxy.
Now, I have trouble choosing the right tools for ...
3
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1answer
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Djangobb problem
I've installed Djangobb app on my server (Debian, mod_python) by cloning original source. The only things I've changed is database options in settings.py. All needed components are installed - syncdb ...
3
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1answer
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How do I upload a file with mod_python?
I want to create a simple file upload form and I must be completely incapable. I've read docs and tutorials,but for some reason, I'm not getting the submitted form data. I wrote the smallest amount of ...
3
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1answer
191 views
Can I run flask on an Apache server with mod_python?
I have a pre-configured Apache server with neither root nor any shell access. I only can push files via ftp.
However, I know that the server supports Python via mod_python. Here is what the config ...
2
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4answers
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Problems running beautifulsoup4 within Apache/mod_python/Django
I'm was trying to render an HTML-page on the fly using BeautifulSoup version 4 in Django (using Apache2 with mod_python).
However, as soon as I pass any HTML-string to the BeautifulSoup constructor ...
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mod_php vs mod_python
Why mod_python is oop but mod_php is not ?
Example :We go to www.example.com/dir1/dir2
if you use mod_python apache opens www/dir1.py and calls dir2 method
but if you use php module apache opens ...
2
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3answers
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How do I change which version of python mod_python uses
I'm doing some introductory work with django which seems really easy (and fun) so far but I have been doing all this from Python 2.6 which I installed in /opt/local (RedHat 5.3) because the python ...
2
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1answer
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Is there a mod_python for Apache HTTP Server 2.2 and Python 2.6 or 3.0?
I poked around the mod_python website and I only found the files for Python 2.5 and earlier for Apache HTTP Server 2.2. I Googled around a little, without significant luck. Any suggestions?
2
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1answer
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Django on Apache web server 'dict' object has no attribute 'render_context'
I'm having a bit of a problem, I uploaded my Django project to a webserver running apache, mod_python, and django. On the computer I developed on the following works fine
nameBox = ...
2
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1answer
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python ascii codes to utf
So when i post a name or text in mod_python in my native language i get:
македонија
And i also ...
2
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2answers
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Compared to mod_wsgi, how does mod_python “work”?
It seems most of the blog posts the web relating to mod_python & mod_wsgi concentrate on telling me how mod_wsgi is better and what a WSGI application looks like. This is fine, but what I'd really ...
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Running Django in Virtualenv using Apache with Mod_Python and Multiple Python installations
I would like to run a Django project on a server using virtualenv in Apache using mod_python. Now I know that the recommended apache module to use is mod_wsgi, but I don't want to install that for ...
2
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1answer
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cgi.FieldStorage always empty - never returns POSTed form Data
This problem is probably embarrassingly simple.
I'm trying to give python a spin. I thought a good way to start doing that would be to create a simple cgi script to process some form data and do some ...
2
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2answers
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Reading request parameters in Python
I am very new to python and having to get into this stuff for a simple program to integrate with an ASP.NET application that I am building. The pseudo code is as follows.
Get two parameters from ...
2
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3answers
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Django custom auth backend not recognized on Apache
I'm trying to deploy my Django application to an Apache2 based server with mod_python. I've set the handlers right and made the configuration to make mod_python work with my project. My project ...
2
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2answers
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Really odd (mod)_python problem
this one is hard to explain!
I am writing a python application to be ran through mod_python. At each request, the returned output differs, even though the logic is 'fixed'.
I have two classes, ...
2
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1answer
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How do I delete mod_python?
I keep getting these errors in my Apache logs:
[error] python_init: Python version mismatch, expected '2.6.5+', found '2.6.6'.
[error] python_init: Python executable found '/usr/bin/python'.
[error] ...
2
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1answer
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Django logs: any tutorial to log to a file
I am working with a django project, I haven't started. The developed working on the project left. During the knowledge transfer, it was told to me that all the events are logged to the database. I ...
2
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2answers
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Catching errors when logging with SocketHandler in Python
My web application runs on multpile apache instances and I am having multiprocess logging issues because of this. I am currently using a SocketHandler for logging to a daemon using SocketServer that ...
2
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2answers
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How to make Apache/mod_python process collect its zombies?
Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_python/3.2.8 Python/2.4.4 configured ...
One of apache processes spawns some long-running python script asynchronously, and apparently doesn't seem to collect its child ...
2
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1answer
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Python Server Pages Implementations
I've been a PHP developer for quite awhile, and I've heard good things about using Python for web scripting. After a bit of research, I found mod_python, which integrates with Apache to allow Python ...
2
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1answer
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Failed to get separate instances of a class under mod_python
I'm trying to run some python code under Apache 2.2 / mod_python 3.2.8. Eventually the code does os.fork() and spawns 2 separate long-run processes. Each of those processes has to create a separate ...
2
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2answers
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Why are my mod_python global variables resetting?
I have a server using apache2 with mod_python that seems to reset global variables after some short period of time. Until this happens, all the features of the server and global variables are handled ...
2
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1answer
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i update djang1.3.1 to djang1.4 , error: MOD_PYTHON ERROR
I updated djang1.3.1 to djang1.4.
In my local env ,that's fine.
but when i ci my code to server ,error happened!
in my server , i can use 'python manage.py shell'
and can 'import settings', that's ...
2
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1answer
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python list to javascript array
Probably a quick answer from you experts, but i am stumbling upon a interesting challenge that I can't wrap my head around.
I have a python .psp file that contains both a list mylist[] which gets ...
2
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1answer
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CherryPy + Apache2 - Response cached
I'm trying to develop a CherryPy based system.
I'm actually using Apache2 web server + mod_python.
I have the next problem:
When I update the code of my cherrypy app, refresh several times the ...
2
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2answers
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mod_python unable to locate the web.py module under a virtual environment
I have a small web.py Python application that I would like to serve under Apache using mod_python. The web.py framework, as well as other third-party Python modules the application in question relies ...
2
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1answer
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Alternatives to mod_python's CGI handler
I'm looking for the simplest way of using python and SQLAlchemy to produce some XML for a jQuery based HTTP client. Right now I'm using mod_python's CGI handler but I'm unhappy with the fact that I ...
2
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2answers
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logging in mod_python/apache
What is the standard way to make python's logging module work with apache/modpython?
I want to call mylog.warn('whatever') and have that result in a call to req.log_error() where req is the modpython ...
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2answers
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mod_python Apache configuration
I am having issues with getting my Mod Python to work properly.
I have followed mod_python manual found here
So here is my Apache setup (I am using Virtual Hosts):
<VirtualHost *:80>
...
