well. I follow your advice and finally moved web2py.com to mod_wsgi which I should have done long ago. everything seems to work fine and be much snappier.
Please report any issue. On Jan 11, 5:33 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 12, 10:27 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I should move to mod_wsgi. I did that in all my other installations > > but this one because have a complex apache config file. Your > > suggestion does not work because I am not proxying only examples but > > different apps in different ways and I cannot move it outside of > > Location. > > Then use multiple ProxyPass directives or use a ProxyPassMatch with > appropriate patterns and reinsertion of sub patterns back into proxy > URL. > > For example: > > ProxyPassMatch ^/(examples|admin|other)/static ! > ProxyPassMatch ^/(examples|admin|other)http://127.0.0.1:8000/$1 > > You should be able to do with proxy directives alone what you were > doing with the combination of Location and proxy directives. > > > I am going to move to mod_wsgi. now! System will be down. > > If you feel it is time. Didn't want to needing to disturb your setup > too much. > > Graham > > > Massimo > > > On Jan 11, 5:21 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Jan 12, 6:48 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have the following in my apache config > > > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > > > ServerName mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > > > ServerAlias mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > > > ServerAliaswww.web2py.com > > > > ServerAdmin [email protected] > > > > Alias / /home/user/web2py/applications/ > > > > <LocationMatch "/(.*)/static/(.*)$"> > > > > Order deny,allow > > > > Allow from all > > > > </LocationMatch> > > > > <Location "/examples"> > > > > Order deny,allow > > > > Allow from all > > > > ProxyPasshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > > > > ProxyPassReversehttp://127.0.0.1:8000/ > > > > </Location> > > > > </virtualhost> > > > > > I want the former to take precedence over the latter so that static > > > > files are served by apache not not by web2py. I cannot find a way to > > > > do it. Any advice? > > > > You should read again my comments in: > > > > http://blog.dscpl.com.au/search/label/web2py > > > > about the evils of using Location/LocationMatch for access control > > > plus other stuff in my critique of your original mod_wsgi instructions > > > as they are also somewhat relevant in regard to aliasing static > > > directories. Also refer to the cleaned up mod_wsgi configuration in > > > book 2nd edition. > > > > So, try using: > > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > > ServerName mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > > ServerAlias mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > > ServerAliaswww.web2py.com > > > ServerAdmin [email protected] > > > > AliasMatch ^/([^/]+)/static/(.*) /home/user/web2py/applications/$1/ > > > static/$2 > > > > <Directory /home/user/web2py/applications/*/static/> > > > Order Allow,Deny > > > Allow from all > > > </Directory> > > > > ProxyPass /exampleshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > > > ProxyPassMatch /examples/static ! > > > > ProxyPassReverse /exampleshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > > > > </Virtualhost> > > > > In other words: > > > > 1. Move proxy outside of Location directive and explicitly supply > > > mount point. No access control necessary as mod_proxy ignores it. > > > > 2. Add a proxy exclusion for the suburl for where static files are. > > > > 3. Add sub url as final argument to ProxyPassReverse. > > > > 4. Use properly qualified static file mounts. > > > > 5. Use Directory directive around giving access to the static > > > directories. No abuse of Location/LocationMatch directives. > > > > Graham > >
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