Hi Deron -- Thanks for the reply. See my reply to Graham. Btw: Love the photography !
On Jun 1, 9:52 pm, Deron Meranda <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:35 PM, viper <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm running mod_wsgi under my virtual server provider (VSP), [...] > > everything over ipv6 to ipv4. [...] I ruled out 'iptables'. > > > My question is (and perhaps if it pertains only to apache2 or python, > > please feel free to post): > > I agree with Graham, this is unlikely to be a python or mod_wsgi issue. > Test with a static file under Apache to be sure. > > Just guessing, this could be a DNS issue. Check to see if Apache is > configured to do reverse DNS lookups? If so, test again with it > disabled. > > I assume you meant ip6tables if you're on an IPv6 stack. Even then, > netfilter (e.g., ip*tables) is unlikely to result in performance issues, > unless you're using the rather atypical packet rate-limiting targets. > > Also when you say you tested locally, were you using the loopback > such as one of: > > curl -g -v "http://[::1]/"; > ab "http://[::1]/"; > > or something different? > > If these things don't help, and you still see the problem with serving > static files; your best bet would be to contact your VSP for help, > or perhaps the Apache groups. > > > Do I need to do or install anything to support ip6? > > Since the socket handling is inside Apache and not mod_wsgi there > is nothing special you need to do (in python or mod_wsgi) to support > IPv6. You may need to configure Apache and/or the OS though. > > However do be aware that some WSGI variables (like "REMOTE_ADDR") > that may typically contain ASCII representations of IP addresses will > obviously have IPv6 addresses instead (in colon-representation). So if > your application does any processing of those, your app needs to be > aware of the different address notations. > > The standard python urlparse module can deal with URLs using > IPv6 literals (RFC 2732). But if you need to mess directly with IPv6 > addresses you may want to look at the IPy package, > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/IPy > > -- > Deron Merandahttp://deron.meranda.us/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "modwsgi" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi?hl=en.
