Running PyCK Applications with Apache Mod WSGI and Virtualenv¶

Assuming you have followed the Installation section and created a virtualenv named pyckenv, we’ll now setup Apache to use this virtualenv alongwith mod_wsgi for deploying our pyck applications. You should already have installed mod_wsgi for Apache.

Edit Apache’s mod_wsgi configuration file normally present under /etc/apache2/mods-available/wsgi.conf and place these two lines in it:
```
WSGIPythonHome /var/pyck/pyckenv
WSGIPythonEggs /var/pyck/eggs_cache
```
Remember to put them inside the <IfModule mod_wsgi.c> section and adjust the path to point to your virtualenv for pyck
Create the eggs_cache folder and make give it full read/write/execute permissions:
```
mkdir /var/pyck/eggs_cache
chmod 777 /var/pyck/eggs_cache
```
Restart Apache:
```
sudo apache2ctl restart
```
Create your application (assuming its under /var/www):
```
pcreate -t pyck wsgi_test
```

Make it ready for deployment:

cd wsgi_test
python setup.py develop
python setup.py install
wsgi_test_initdb

Create the wsgi file for use with mod_wsgi, lets name it myapp.wsgi:

from pyramid.paster import get_app
import os

here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
application = get_app(here + '/development.ini', 'main')
#application = get_app(here + '/production.ini', 'main')  #for production

Make the myapp.wsgi file executable:
```
chmod 755 myapp.wsgi
```

Create .htaccess file in your application folder and put the following contents in it:

Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks

DirectoryIndex myapp.wsgi
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ myapp.wsgi/$1  [L]

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler wsgi-script .wsgi

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

Thats all now you can test your application at: http://localhost/wsgi_test/