Opened 16 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#7721 closed (invalid)
Mention DocumentRoot in Apache deployment docs
| Reported by: | gregglind | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Keywords: | deployment | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
I understand that this may be my foolishness or oversight, but I was missing a DocumentRoot directive in my apache virtualhost config, causing 404 errors when I was looking in the /media directory. Maybe a slightly expanded discussion about how django handles django's urls, and apache handles things (in its normal way) when setHandler none is in effect would have helped me debug the error. I was spending time on the wrong path of MEDIA_ROOT, MEDIA_URL and the like.
Continue to be excellent!
Gregg L.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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comment:2 by , 14 years ago
| Keywords: | deployment added |
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| Summary: | Perhaps mention DocumentRoot? → Mention DocumentRoot in Apache deployment docs |
comment:3 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The recommended way of deploying Django on Apache, i.e.
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modwsgi/
explains exactly how to serve static files if you choose to use Apache (rather than a separate server) for this purpose. DocumentRoot is not required for this.
I'm not sure if this was ever a valid complaint (my guess is it was) but time seems to have healed this particular wound. Marking as invalid.
Good point. I've had problems with DocumentRoot too.