Python CGI script doesn't run
Question: I'm trying to run a simple python cgi script on apache webserver. But the
output when I try access (<http://localhost/cgi-bin/environment_key.py>), it's
just the python code... the file doesn't run. I tried other solutions that I
found in the stackoverflow to fix this, but it doesn't work yet.

I changed the httpd.conf, but nothing.

This is my python file:

    
    
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import os
    
    print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n"
    print "<font size=+1>Environment</font><\br>"; 
    for param in os.environ.keys():
        print "<b>%20s</b>: %s<\br>" % (param, os.environ[param])
    

And my httpd.conf.

    
    
    # This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
    # See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/> for detailed information.
    # In particular, see 
    # <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/directives.html>
    # for a discussion of each configuration directive.
    #
    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  
    #
    # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
    # of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
    # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
    # with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "logs/access_log"
    # with ServerRoot set to "/usr/local/apache2" will be interpreted by the
    # server as "/usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log", whereas "/logs/access_log" 
    # will be interpreted as '/logs/access_log'.
    
    #
    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.
    #
    # Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
    # ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to specify a local disk on the
    # Mutex directive, if file-based mutexes are used.  If you wish to share the
    # same ServerRoot for multiple httpd daemons, you will need to change at
    # least PidFile.
    #
    ServerRoot "/usr"
    
    #
    # Mutex: Allows you to set the mutex mechanism and mutex file directory
    # for individual mutexes, or change the global defaults
    #
    # Uncomment and change the directory if mutexes are file-based and the default
    # mutex file directory is not on a local disk or is not appropriate for some
    # other reason.
    #
    # Mutex default:/private/var/run
    
    #
    # Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
    # ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
    # directive.
    #
    # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to 
    # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
    #
    #Listen 12.34.56.78:80
    Listen 80
    
    #
    # Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
    #
    # To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
    # have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
    # directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
    # Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
    # to be loaded here.
    #
    # Example:
    # LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
    #
    LoadModule authn_file_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_file.so
    #LoadModule authn_dbm_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_dbm.so
    #LoadModule authn_anon_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_anon.so
    #LoadModule authn_dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_dbd.so
    #LoadModule authn_socache_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_socache.so
    LoadModule authn_core_module libexec/apache2/mod_authn_core.so
    LoadModule authz_host_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_host.so
    LoadModule authz_groupfile_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_groupfile.so
    LoadModule authz_user_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_user.so
    #LoadModule authz_dbm_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_dbm.so
    #LoadModule authz_owner_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_owner.so
    #LoadModule authz_dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_dbd.so
    LoadModule authz_core_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_core.so
    #LoadModule authnz_ldap_module libexec/apache2/mod_authnz_ldap.so
    LoadModule access_compat_module libexec/apache2/mod_access_compat.so
    LoadModule auth_basic_module libexec/apache2/mod_auth_basic.so
    #LoadModule auth_form_module libexec/apache2/mod_auth_form.so
    #LoadModule auth_digest_module libexec/apache2/mod_auth_digest.so
    #LoadModule allowmethods_module libexec/apache2/mod_allowmethods.so
    #LoadModule file_cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_file_cache.so
    #LoadModule cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache.so
    #LoadModule cache_disk_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache_disk.so
    #LoadModule cache_socache_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache_socache.so
    #LoadModule socache_shmcb_module libexec/apache2/mod_socache_shmcb.so
    #LoadModule socache_dbm_module libexec/apache2/mod_socache_dbm.so
    #LoadModule socache_memcache_module libexec/apache2/mod_socache_memcache.so
    #LoadModule watchdog_module libexec/apache2/mod_watchdog.so
    #LoadModule macro_module libexec/apache2/mod_macro.so
    #LoadModule dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_dbd.so
    #LoadModule dumpio_module libexec/apache2/mod_dumpio.so
    #LoadModule echo_module libexec/apache2/mod_echo.so
    #LoadModule buffer_module libexec/apache2/mod_buffer.so
    #LoadModule data_module libexec/apache2/mod_data.so
    #LoadModule ratelimit_module libexec/apache2/mod_ratelimit.so
    LoadModule reqtimeout_module libexec/apache2/mod_reqtimeout.so
    #LoadModule ext_filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_ext_filter.so
    #LoadModule request_module libexec/apache2/mod_request.so
    #LoadModule include_module libexec/apache2/mod_include.so
    LoadModule filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_filter.so
    #LoadModule reflector_module libexec/apache2/mod_reflector.so
    #LoadModule substitute_module libexec/apache2/mod_substitute.so
    #LoadModule sed_module libexec/apache2/mod_sed.so
    #LoadModule charset_lite_module libexec/apache2/mod_charset_lite.so
    #LoadModule deflate_module libexec/apache2/mod_deflate.so
    #LoadModule xml2enc_module libexec/apache2/mod_xml2enc.so
    #LoadModule proxy_html_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_html.so
    LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime.so
    #LoadModule ldap_module libexec/apache2/mod_ldap.so
    LoadModule log_config_module libexec/apache2/mod_log_config.so
    #LoadModule log_debug_module libexec/apache2/mod_log_debug.so
    #LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/apache2/mod_log_forensic.so
    #LoadModule logio_module libexec/apache2/mod_logio.so
    LoadModule env_module libexec/apache2/mod_env.so
    #LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime_magic.so
    #LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache2/mod_expires.so
    LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache2/mod_headers.so
    #LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache2/mod_usertrack.so
    ##LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache2/mod_unique_id.so
    LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/apache2/mod_setenvif.so
    LoadModule version_module libexec/apache2/mod_version.so
    #LoadModule remoteip_module libexec/apache2/mod_remoteip.so
    LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
    LoadModule proxy_connect_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_connect.so
    LoadModule proxy_ftp_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_ftp.so
    LoadModule proxy_http_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_http.so
    LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
    LoadModule proxy_scgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_scgi.so
    #LoadModule proxy_fdpass_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_fdpass.so
    LoadModule proxy_wstunnel_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_wstunnel.so
    LoadModule proxy_ajp_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_ajp.so
    LoadModule proxy_balancer_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_balancer.so
    LoadModule proxy_express_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_express.so
    #LoadModule session_module libexec/apache2/mod_session.so
    #LoadModule session_cookie_module libexec/apache2/mod_session_cookie.so
    #LoadModule session_dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_session_dbd.so
    LoadModule slotmem_shm_module libexec/apache2/mod_slotmem_shm.so
    #LoadModule slotmem_plain_module libexec/apache2/mod_slotmem_plain.so
    #LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so
    #LoadModule dialup_module libexec/apache2/mod_dialup.so
    LoadModule lbmethod_byrequests_module libexec/apache2/mod_lbmethod_byrequests.so
    LoadModule lbmethod_bytraffic_module libexec/apache2/mod_lbmethod_bytraffic.so
    LoadModule lbmethod_bybusyness_module libexec/apache2/mod_lbmethod_bybusyness.so
    #LoadModule lbmethod_heartbeat_module libexec/apache2/mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.so
    LoadModule unixd_module libexec/apache2/mod_unixd.so
    #LoadModule heartbeat_module libexec/apache2/mod_heartbeat.so
    #LoadModule heartmonitor_module libexec/apache2/mod_heartmonitor.so
    #LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
    LoadModule status_module libexec/apache2/mod_status.so
    LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache2/mod_autoindex.so
    #LoadModule asis_module libexec/apache2/mod_asis.so
    #LoadModule info_module libexec/apache2/mod_info.so
    #LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so
    #LoadModule dav_fs_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_fs.so
    #LoadModule dav_lock_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav_lock.so
    #LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so
    LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so
    LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache2/mod_dir.so
    #LoadModule imagemap_module libexec/apache2/mod_imagemap.so
    #LoadModule actions_module libexec/apache2/mod_actions.so
    #LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache2/mod_speling.so
    #LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
    LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_alias.so
    #LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
    LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
    LoadModule hfs_apple_module libexec/apache2/mod_hfs_apple.so
    
    <IfModule unixd_module>
    #
    # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
    # httpd as root initially and it will switch.  
    #
    # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
    # It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
    # running httpd, as with most system services.
    #
    User _www
    Group _www
    
    </IfModule>
    
    # 'Main' server configuration
    #
    # The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
    # server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
    # <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
    # any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
    #
    # All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
    # in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
    # virtual host being defined.
    #
    
    #
    # ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
    # e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
    # as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
    #
    ServerAdmin you@example.com
    
    #
    # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
    # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
    # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
    #
    # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
    #
    #ServerName www.example.com:80
    
    #
    # Deny access to the entirety of your server's filesystem. You must
    # explicitly permit access to web content directories in other 
    # <Directory> blocks below.
    #
    <Directory />
        Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    #
    # Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
    # particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
    # you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
    # below.
    #
    
    #
    # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
    # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
    # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
    #
    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
        #
        # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
        # or any combination of:
        #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
        #
        # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
        # doesn't give it to you.
        #
        # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
        # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
        # for more information.
        #
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
        # MultiviewsMatch Any
        #
        # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
        # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
        #   AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
        #
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
        AllowOverride All
        Allow from all
        Order allow,deny
        #
        # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
        #
        # Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    #
    # DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
    # is requested.
    #
    <IfModule dir_module>
        DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi
    </IfModule>
    
    #
    # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 
    # viewed by Web clients. 
    #
    <FilesMatch "^\.([Hh][Tt]|[Dd][Ss]_[Ss])">
        Require all denied
    </FilesMatch>
    
    #
    # Apple specific filesystem protection.
    #
    <Files "rsrc">
        Require all denied
    </Files>
    <DirectoryMatch ".*\.\.namedfork">
        Require all denied
    </DirectoryMatch>
    
    #
    # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
    # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
    # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
    # logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
    # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
    #
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/error_log"
    
    #
    # LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    #
    LogLevel warn
    
    <IfModule log_config_module>
        #
        # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
        # a CustomLog directive (see below).
        #
        LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
        LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
    
        <IfModule logio_module>
          # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
          LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
        </IfModule>
    
        #
        # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
        # If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
        # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
        # define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
        # logged therein and *not* in this file.
        #
        CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" common
    
        #
        # If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
        # (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
        #
        #CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" combined
    </IfModule>
    
    <IfModule alias_module>
        #
        # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to 
        # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client 
        # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
        # Example:
        # Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar
    
        #
        # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
        # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
        # Example:
        # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
        #
        # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
        # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
        # need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
        # the filesystem path.
    
        #
        # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. 
        # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
        # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
        # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
        # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
        # directives as to Alias.
        #
        ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin/((?!(?i:webobjects)).*$) "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/$1"
    
    </IfModule>
    
    <IfModule cgid_module>
        #
        # ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
        # socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
        #
        #Scriptsock cgisock
    </IfModule>
    
    #
    # "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
    # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
    #
    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables">
        AllowOverride All
        Options None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py
        Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    <IfModule mime_module>
        #
        # TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
        # filename extension to MIME-type.
        #
        TypesConfig /private/etc/apache2/mime.types
    
        #
        # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
        # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
        #
        #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
        #
        # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
        # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
        #
        #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
        #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
        #
        # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
        # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
        #
        AddType application/x-compress .Z
        AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
    
        #
        # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
        # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
        # or added with the Action directive (see below)
        #
        # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
        # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
        #
        AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py
    
        # For type maps (negotiated resources):
        #AddHandler type-map var
    
        #
        # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
        #
        # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
        # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
        #
        AddType text/html .shtml
        AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
    </IfModule>
    
    #
    # The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
    # contents of the file itself to determine its type.  The MIMEMagicFile
    # directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
    #
    #MIMEMagicFile /private/etc/apache2/magic
    
    #
    # Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
    # 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
    #
    # Some examples:
    #ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
    #ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
    #ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
    #ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
    #
    
    #
    # MaxRanges: Maximum number of Ranges in a request before
    # returning the entire resource, or one of the special
    # values 'default', 'none' or 'unlimited'.
    # Default setting is to accept 200 Ranges.
    #MaxRanges unlimited
    
    #
    # EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it, 
    # memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall may be used to deliver
    # files.  This usually improves server performance, but must
    # be turned off when serving from networked-mounted 
    # filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
    # broken on your system.
    # Defaults: EnableMMAP On, EnableSendfile Off
    #
    #EnableMMAP off
    #EnableSendfile on
    
    TraceEnable off
    
    # Supplemental configuration
    #
    # The configuration files in the /private/etc/apache2/extra/ directory can be 
    # included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of 
    # the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as 
    # necessary.
    
    # Server-pool management (MPM specific)
    Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
    
    # Multi-language error messages
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
    
    # Fancy directory listings
    Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
    
    # Language settings
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-languages.conf
    
    # User home directories
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
    
    # Real-time info on requests and configuration
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf
    
    # Virtual hosts
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
    
    # Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-manual.conf
    
    # Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-dav.conf
    
    # Various default settings
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-default.conf
    
    # Configure mod_proxy_html to understand HTML4/XHTML1
    <IfModule proxy_html_module>
    Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/proxy-html.conf
    </IfModule>
    
    # Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
    #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
    #
    # Note: The following must must be present to support
    #       starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
    #       but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
    #
    <IfModule ssl_module>
    SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
    SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
    </IfModule>
    
    Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf
    
    #
    # uncomment out the below to deal with user agents that deliberately
    # violate open standards by misusing DNT (DNT *must* be a specific
    # end-user choice)
    #
    #<IfModule setenvif_module>
    #BrowserMatch "MSIE 10.0;" bad_DNT
    #</IfModule>
    #<IfModule headers_module>
    #RequestHeader unset DNT env=bad_DNT
    #</IfModule>
    

Thanks.


Answer: For running python script with httpd in theory You need to check that this is
exist:

    
    
    in httpd.conf :
    
    Include conf.modules.d/*.conf
    LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so
    IncludeOptional conf.d/*.conf # -------------------- End of file
    

Then You can try to create youvirtualhost.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ And add
something like this:

    
    
    <VirtualHost www.youdomainname.com or *:80>
    
      ServerAdmin admin@youdomainname.com
      ServerName www.youdomainname.com
      ServerAlias www.youdomainname.com
    
      WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
      WSGIProcessGroup %{GLOBAL}
    
      Alias /wsgi-scripts/ /web/wsgi-scripts/
      <Location /wsgi-scripts>
        SetHandler wsgi-script
        Options +ExecCGI
      </Location>
      <Directory /You/directory/Path>
        <Files wsgi.py>
          Require all granted
        </Files>
      </Directory>  
      WSGIScriptAlias / /You/directory/Path/wsgi.py
    </VirtualHost>
    

Or add this and something from youvirtualhost.conf to end of Your httpd.conf :

    
    
      WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
      WSGIProcessGroup %{GLOBAL}
    
      Alias /wsgi-scripts/ /web/wsgi-scripts/
      <Location /wsgi-scripts>
        SetHandler wsgi-script
        Options +ExecCGI
      </Location>
    

Also You can visit <http://serverfault.com/q/281487> and
<https://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/develop/>

