Couldn't set up mod_wsgi for my Apache and Django - django

Question

Need guides to set up mod_wsgi on Windows for my XAMPP Apache and Django project. I'm using Python 3.7.3(win32), Django 2.2.3 and Apache 2.4.39(win64).
Errors appear when after i set "MOD_WSGI_APACHE_ROOTDIR=C:\xampp\apache\bin" and pip install mod_wsgi. I'm not sure what i did wrong at this step?
Read about Visual Code 14.0. Downloaded it and i still got error.
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\CHEEHO~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-41s5l0d2\\mod-wsgi\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\CHEEHO~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-41s5l0d2\\mod-wsgi\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\CHEEHO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-um32pphd\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
cwd: C:\Users\CHEEHO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-41s5l0d2\mod-wsgi\
Complete output (33 lines):
c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\lib\distutils\dist.py:274: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url'
warnings.warn(msg)
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win32-3.7
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi
copying src\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server
copying src\server\apxs_config.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server
copying src\server\environ.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server
copying src\server\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server\management
copying src\server\management\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server\management
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server\management\commands
copying src\server\management\commands\runmodwsgi.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server\management\commands
copying src\server\management\commands\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\server\management\commands
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\docs
copying docs\_build\html\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\docs
creating build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\images
copying images\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\images
copying images\snake-whiskey.jpg -> build\lib.win32-3.7\mod_wsgi\images
running build_ext
building 'mod_wsgi.server.mod_wsgi' extension
creating build\temp.win32-3.7
creating build\temp.win32-3.7\Release
creating build\temp.win32-3.7\Release\src
creating build\temp.win32-3.7\Release\src\server
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.22.27905\bin\HostX86\x86\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MT -IC:\xampp\apache\bin/include "-Ic:\program files (x86)\python37-32\include" "-Ic:\program files (x86)\python37-32\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.22.27905\ATLMFC\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.22.27905\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.18362.0\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/server\mod_wsgi.c /Fobuild\temp.win32-3.7\Release\src/server\mod_wsgi.obj
mod_wsgi.c
C:\Users\Chee Hong\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-41s5l0d2\mod-wsgi\src\server\wsgi_apache.h(42): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'httpd.h': No such file or directory
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.22.27905\\bin\\HostX86\\x86\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\CHEEHO~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-41s5l0d2\\mod-wsgi\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\CHEEHO~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-41s5l0d2\\mod-wsgi\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\CHEEHO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-um32pphd\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.
I need to deploy my Django on Apache web server.

Answer 1

In windows apache configuration for Django project is slightly different than that of Ubuntu.
We cannot find mod_wsgi.so module for windows to include it as LoadModule in apache httpd.conf.
Alternatively we can do the following setup for successfully running Django project in apache server.
Install latest version of apache
download mod_wsgi source code from https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi
Activate python virtual environment
cd to mod_wsgi folder where it downloaded
Run the following command
python setup.py install
mod_wsgi package is installed in python virtual environment
Now some configuration has to be included in httpd.conf file of apache in order to run web app. So, run the following command
mod_wsgi-express module-config
output of the command is-
LoadFile "c:/path_to/python37.dll"
LoadModule
wsgi_module
"d:/virtual_environment/lib/site-packages/mod_wsgi-4.7.1-py3.7-win-amd64.egg/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi.cp37-win_amd64.pyd" WSGIPythonHome "d:/virtual_environment"
Include the above in apache httpd.conf file.
Now to run web app of django in apache, some more configuration has to be
done at apache httpd.conf file. In windows running daemon process is
not possible. So alternatively the httpd.conf setup information can
be found in official link of django
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi/
The set up is done and web app will run successfully in apache!!