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authorAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2005-11-07 14:39:13 +0000
committerAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2005-11-07 14:39:13 +0000
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Updated install.txt and modpython.txt to note required Apache and mod_python versions. Also gave full example for Apache config
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@1123 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Python code into memory when the server starts. Code stays in memory throughout
the life of an Apache process, which leads to significant performance gains over
other server arrangements.
+Django requires Apache 2.x and mod_python 3.x.
+
.. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
.. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
.. _mod_perl: http://perl.apache.org/
@@ -129,7 +131,26 @@ particular part of the site::
SetHandler None
</Location>
-Just change ``Location`` to the root URL of your media files.
+Just change ``Location`` to the root URL of your media files. You can also use
+``<LocationMatch>`` to match a regular expression.
+
+This example sets up Django at the site root but explicitly disables Django for
+the ``media`` subdirectory and any URL that ends with ``.jpg``, ``.gif`` or
+``.png``::
+
+ <Location "/">
+ SetHandler python-program
+ PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
+ SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.settings
+ </Location>
+
+ <Location "media">
+ SetHandler None
+ </Location>
+
+ <LocationMatch "\.(jpg|gif|png)$">
+ SetHandler None
+ </Location>
Note that the Django development server automagically serves admin media files,
but this is not the case when you use any other server arrangement.