Python + Flask + Deploy Apache

Deploy on Apache


https://www.storehubs.com/Blog/deploy-python-flask-application-apache-windows-server/

• Install Apach on C:\Apache24

Download from 

https://www.apachelounge.com/download/

Install Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019.

Install mod_wsgi

pip install mod_wsgi
mod_wsgi-express module-config


Copy mod_wsgi-py34-VC10.so to C:\Apache24\modules

• On Apache edit  http.conf copy the previous result after section of LoadModule

LoadFile "c:/users/erodvel/appdata/local/programs/python/python37/python37.dll"
LoadModule wsgi_module "c:/users/erodvel/appdata/local/programs/python/python37/lib/site-packages/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi.cp37-win_amd64.pyd"

WSGIPythonHome "c:/users/erodvel/appdata/local/programs/python/python37"

• Add after <Directory "${SRVROOT}/htdocs"> 

<Directory "c:/Apache24/htdocs">
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
   AllowOverride None
   Require all granted

</Directory>


Add inside <IfModule mime_module> 

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
 AddHandler cgi-script .py

Add inside <IfModule dir_module> 


DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.html index.htm index.cgi index.py

• Enable the line

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Add in httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName localhost
 WSGIScriptAlias / "C:/myapp/app/web.wsgi"
 DocumentRoot C:/myapp/app
 <Directory "C:/myapp/app/">
 Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews +ExecCGI
 AllowOverride All
 Require local
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Create the file web.wsgi  at the root of the project. 

*The first path is for the virtual environment.
*The second path is the project path.

web.wsgi Content ->>>>

activate_this = 'C:/Users/erodvel/Documents/ICT_survey_project/ict_survey_project/Scripts/activate_this.py'

with open(activate_this) as file_:

    exec(file_.read(), dict(__file__=activate_this))

import sys

sys.path.append('C:/Users/erodvel/Documents/ICT_survey_project/')

from ict_survey import app as application