freezing a django app with mod_wisg and apache

[stma137]

Is there a way I can create a bundle using Pyinstaller of a Django application served by mod_wsgi and Apache? Basically freeze my python source before sending installers to users.

My application has to work on both Linux and Windows. I have so far been using fastcgi and flup. But Just dropped support for fastcgi, and recommends using mod_wsgi with Apache.

The problem I am facing right now is that the apache configuration is expecting a name of  a Python file `wsgi.py` for both `WSGIScriptAlias` and in `<Files\>` under `<Directory\>. However,

after running Pyinstaller on my project, I don't have any python file.

Is there a way around this?

I greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks!

[Graham Dumpleton]

For Linux you might be able to do it.

You want to have both 'mod_wsgi-httpd' and 'mod_wsgi' in requirements.txt file. The first is going to build and bundle your own Apache which subsequent mod_wsgi module install will use.

Only thing am concerned about is how to ensure that mod_wsgi-httpd is installed first as there is no dependency on it for mod_wsgi and install order by pip may be unpredictable. I don't know how PyInstaller works and how you give it list of modules to install.

Next use the Django integration for mod_wsgi-express.

http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2015/04/integrating-modwsgi-express-as-django.html

This approach will not work on Windows.

Graham

[stma137]

Thank you Graham!

These are really great options to try. I was starting to feel like this was impossible.

And on your first option, I am almost sure that pip will respect the order of entries

in the requirements.txt.

Are you saying that both of these suggestions will almost definitely not work on Windows?

I'll have to think about a Windows alternative.

Thank you so much again!

[Graham Dumpleton]

There is no mod_wsgi-httpd package that works on Windows. You would need to work out how to bundle your own Apache distribution somehow. Also, neither the mod_wsgi-expess start-server command or Django admin command integration work on Windows anyway.

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[stma137]

Very clear. I greatly appreciate your time. Thank you so much!

I am still not sure what direction I will take from here, but you have cleared my mind. This freezing process is not trivial, especially

when you have to consider multiple OSs. This is probably a place where releasing docker containers would help.

In which case effort will only go to figuring out freezing for one OS (the docker container).

Thank you so much again. I very much appreciate your help!

~ Sanele

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