Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracModPython


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    44Trac supports [http://www.modpython.org/ mod_python], which speeds up Trac's response times considerably, especially compared to [TracCgi CGI], and permits use of many Apache features not possible with [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]/mod_proxy.
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     6These instructions are for Apache 2; if you are still using Apache 1.3, you may have some luck with [wiki:TracModPython2.7 TracModPython2.7].
     7
    68== Simple configuration ==
    79
     
    1113}}}
    1214
    13  ''Note: The exact path to the module depends on how the HTTPD installation is laid out.''
    14 
    15 You can test your mod_python installation by adding the following to your httpd.conf.  You should remove this when you are done testing for security reasons.
    16 {{{
     15''Note: The exact path to the module depends on how the HTTPD installation is laid out.''
     16
     17On Debian using apt-get
     18{{{
     19apt-get install libapache2-mod-python libapache2-mod-python-doc
     20}}}
     21(Still on Debian) after you have installed mod_python, you must enable the modules in apache2 (equivalent of the above Load Module directive):
     22{{{
     23a2enmod mod_python
     24}}}
     25On Fedora use, using yum:
     26{{{
     27yum install mod_python
     28}}}
     29You can test your mod_python installation by adding the following to your httpd.conf.  You should remove this when you are done testing for security reasons. Note: mod_python.testhandler is only available in mod_python 3.2+.
     30{{{
     31#!xml
    1732<Location /mpinfo>
    1833   SetHandler mod_python
     34   PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
    1935   PythonHandler mod_python.testhandler
    2036</Location>
     
    2339A simple setup of Trac on mod_python looks like this:
    2440{{{
     41#!xml
    2542<Location /projects/myproject>
    2643   SetHandler mod_python
     44   PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
    2745   PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    2846   PythonOption TracEnv /var/trac/myproject
     
    3149}}}
    3250
    33 The option '''`TracUriRoot`''' may or may not be necessary in your setup. Try your configuration with out it, and if the URLs produced by Trac look wrong or if Trac does not seem to recognize the URLs correctly, add the '''`TracUriRoot`''' option.  You will notice that the `Location` and '''`TracUriRoot`''' have the same path.
     51The option '''`TracUriRoot`''' may or may not be necessary in your setup. Try your configuration without it; if the URLs produced by Trac look wrong, if Trac does not seem to recognize URLs correctly, or you get an odd "No handler matched request to..." error, add the '''`TracUriRoot`''' option.  You will notice that the `Location` and '''`TracUriRoot`''' have the same path.
     52
     53The options available are
     54{{{
     55    # For a single project
     56    PythonOption TracEnv /var/trac/myproject
     57    # For multiple projects
     58    PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /var/trac/myprojects
     59    # For the index of multiple projects
     60    PythonOption TracEnvIndexTemplate /srv/www/htdocs/trac/project_list_template.html
     61    # A space delimitted list, with a "," between key and value pairs.
     62    PythonOption TracTemplateVars key1,val1 key2,val2
     63    # Useful to get the date in the wanted order
     64    PythonOption TracLocale en_GB.UTF8
     65    # See description above       
     66    PythonOption TracUriRoot /projects/myproject
     67}}}
     68
     69=== Python Egg Cache ===
     70
     71Compressed python eggs like Genshi are normally extracted into a directory named `.python-eggs` in the users home directory. Since apache's home usually is not writable an alternate egg cache directory can be specified like this:
     72{{{
     73PythonOption PYTHON_EGG_CACHE /var/trac/myprojects/egg-cache
     74}}}
    3475
    3576=== Configuring Authentication ===
    3677
    37 Configuring authentication works just like for [wiki:TracCgi#AddingAuthentication CGI]:
    38 {{{
    39 <Location "/projects/myproject/login">
     78Creating password files and configuring authentication works similar to the process for [wiki:TracCgi#AddingAuthentication CGI]:
     79{{{
     80#!xml
     81<Location /projects/myproject/login>
    4082  AuthType Basic
    4183  AuthName "myproject"
     
    4587}}}
    4688
     89Configuration for mod_ldap authentication in Apache is a bit tricky (httpd 2.2.x and OpenLDAP: slapd 2.3.19)
     90
     911. You need to load the following modules in Apache httpd.conf
     92{{{
     93LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
     94LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
     95}}}
     96
     972. Your httpd.conf also needs to look something like:
     98
     99{{{
     100#!xml
     101<Location /trac/>
     102  SetHandler mod_python
     103  PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
     104  PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
     105  PythonOption TracEnv /home/trac/
     106  PythonOption TracUriRoot /trac/
     107  Order deny,allow
     108  Deny from all
     109  Allow from 192.168.11.0/24
     110  AuthType Basic
     111  AuthName "Trac"
     112  AuthBasicProvider "ldap"
     113  AuthLDAPURL "ldap://127.0.0.1/dc=example,dc=co,dc=ke?uid?sub?(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)"
     114  authzldapauthoritative Off
     115  require valid-user
     116</Location>
     117}}}
     118
     119Or the LDAP interface to a Microsoft Active Directory:
     120
     121{{{
     122#!xml
     123<Location /trac/>
     124  SetHandler mod_python
     125  PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
     126  PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
     127  PythonOption TracEnv /home/trac/
     128  PythonOption TracUriRoot /trac/
     129  Order deny,allow
     130  Deny from all
     131  Allow from 192.168.11.0/24
     132  AuthType Basic
     133  AuthName "Trac"
     134  AuthBasicProvider "ldap"
     135  AuthLDAPURL "ldap://adserver.company.com:3268/DC=company,DC=com?sAMAccountName?sub?(objectClass=user)"
     136  AuthLDAPBindDN       ldap-auth-user@company.com
     137  AuthLDAPBindPassword "the_password"
     138  authzldapauthoritative Off
     139  # require valid-user
     140  require ldap-group CN=Trac Users,CN=Users,DC=company,DC=com
     141</Location>
     142}}}
     143
     144Note 1: This is the case where the LDAP search will get around the multiple OUs, conecting to Global Catalog Server portion of AD (Notice the port is 3268, not the normal LDAP 389). The GCS is basically a "flattened" tree which allows searching for a user without knowing to which OU they belong.
     145
     146Note 2: Active Directory requires an authenticating user/password to access records (AuthLDAPBindDN and AuthLDAPBindPassword).
     147
     148Note 3: The directive "require ldap-group ..."  specifies an AD group whose members are allowed access.
     149
     150
     151
    47152=== Setting the !PythonPath ===
    48153
    49154If the Trac installation isn't installed in your Python path, you'll have to tell Apache where to find the Trac mod_python handler  using the `PythonPath` directive:
    50155{{{
     156#!xml
    51157<Location /projects/myproject>
    52158  ...
     
    62168The Trac mod_python handler supports a configuration option similar to Subversion's `SvnParentPath`, called `TracEnvParentDir`:
    63169{{{
     170#!xml
    64171<Location /projects>
    65172  SetHandler mod_python
     173  PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
    66174  PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    67175  PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /var/trac
     
    74182If you don't want to have the subdirectory listing as your projects home page you can use a
    75183{{{
     184#!xml
    76185<LocationMatch "/.+/">
    77186}}}
     
    81190You can also use the same authentication realm for all of the projects using a `<LocationMatch>` directive:
    82191{{{
     192#!xml
    83193<LocationMatch "/projects/[^/]+/login">
    84194  AuthType Basic
     
    95205
    96206{{{
     207#!xml
    97208<VirtualHost * >
    98     DocumentRoot /var/trac/myproject
     209    DocumentRoot /var/www/myproject
    99210    ServerName trac.mycompany.com
    100211    <Location />
    101212        SetHandler mod_python
     213        PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
    102214        PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    103215        PythonOption TracEnv /var/trac/myproject
     
    113225}}}
    114226
     227This does not seem to work in all cases. What you can do if it does not:
     228 * Try using `<LocationMatch>` instead of `<Location>`
     229 * <Location /> may, in your server setup, refer to the complete host instead of simple the root of the server. This means that everything (including the login directory referenced below) will be sent to python and authentication does not work (i.e. you get the infamous Authentication information missing error). If this applies to you, try using a sub-directory for trac instead of the root (i.e. /web/ and /web/login instead of / and /login).
     230
    115231For a virtual host that supports multiple projects replace "`TracEnv`" /var/trac/myproject with "`TracEnvParentDir`" /var/trac/
    116232
     233Note: !DocumentRoot should not point to your Trac project env. As Asmodai wrote on #trac: "suppose there's a webserver bug that allows disclosure of !DocumentRoot they could then leech the entire Trac environment".
     234
    117235== Troubleshooting ==
    118236
    119237In general, if you get server error pages, you can either check the Apache error log, or enable the `PythonDebug` option:
    120238{{{
     239#!xml
    121240<Location /projects/myproject>
    122241  ...
     
    125244}}}
    126245
     246For multiple projects, try restarting the server as well.
     247
     248=== Expat-related segmentation faults === #expat
     249
     250This problem will most certainly hit you on Unix when using Python 2.4.
     251In Python 2.4, some version of Expat (an XML parser library written in C) is used,
     252and if Apache is using another version, this results in segmentation faults.
     253As Trac 0.11 is using Genshi, which will indirectly use Expat, that problem
     254can now hit you even if everything was working fine before with Trac 0.10.
     255
     256See Graham Dumpleton's detailed [http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash explanation and workarounds] for the issue.
     257
    127258=== Form submission problems ===
    128259
     
    140271
    141272It may be possible to work around this with mod_rewrite, but I failed to get this working. In all, it is more hassle than it is worth. Stick to the provided instructions. :)
     273
     274A success story: For me it worked out-of-box, with following trivial config:
     275{{{
     276SetHandler mod_python
     277PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
     278PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
     279PythonOption TracEnv /system/path/to/this/directory
     280PythonOption TracUriRoot /path/on/apache
     281
     282AuthType Basic
     283AuthName "ProjectName"
     284AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
     285Require valid-user
     286}}}
     287
     288The TracUriRoot is obviously the path you need to enter to the browser to get to the trac (e.g. domain.tld/projects/trac)
    142289
    143290=== Win32 Issues ===
    144291If you run trac with mod_python < 3.2 on Windows, uploading attachments will '''not''' work. This problem is resolved in mod_python 3.1.4 or later, so please upgrade mod_python to fix this.
    145292
     293
    146294=== OS X issues ===
    147295
     
    162310Pay attention to the version of the installed mod_python and sqlite packages. Ports have both the new and old ones, but earlier versions of pysqlite and mod_python won't integrate as the former requires threaded support in python, and the latter requires a threadless install.
    163311
     312If you compiled and installed apache2, apache wouldn´t support threads (cause it doesn´t work very well on FreeBSD). You could force thread support when running ./configure for apache, using --enable-threads, but this isn´t recommendable.
     313The best option [[http://modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2006-September/021983.html seems to be]] adding to /usr/local/apache2/bin/ennvars the line
     314
     315{{{
     316export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libc_r.so
     317}}}
     318
    164319=== Subversion issues ===
    165320
     
    168323If this is not the case, it's possible that you're using Subversion libraries that are binary incompatible with the apache ones (an incompatibility of the `apr` libraries is usually the cause). In that case, you also won't be able to use the svn modules for Apache (`mod_dav_svn`).
    169324
     325You also need a recent version of `mod_python` in order to avoid a runtime error ({{{argument number 2: a 'apr_pool_t *' is expected}}}) due to the default usage of multiple sub-interpreters. 3.2.8 ''should'' work, though it's probably better to use the workaround described in #3371, in order to force the use of the main interpreter:
     326{{{
     327PythonInterpreter main_interpreter
     328}}}
     329This is anyway the recommended workaround for other well-known issues seen when using the Python bindings for Subversion within mod_python (#2611, #3455). See in particular Graham Dumpleton's comment in [comment:ticket:3455:9 #3455] explaining the issue.
     330
     331=== Page layout issues ===
     332
     333If the formatting of the Trac pages look weird chances are that the style sheets governing the page layout are not handled properly by the web server. Try adding the following lines to your apache configuration:
     334{{{
     335#!xml
     336Alias /myproject/css "/usr/share/trac/htdocs/css"
     337<Location /myproject/css>
     338    SetHandler None
     339</Location>
     340}}}
     341
     342Note: For the above configuration to have any effect it must be put after the configuration of your project root location, i.e. {{{<Location /myproject />}}}.
     343
     344=== HTTPS issues ===
     345
     346If you want to run Trac fully under https you might find that it tries to redirect to plain http. In this case just add the following line to your apache configuration:
     347{{{
     348#!xml
     349<VirtualHost * >
     350    DocumentRoot /var/www/myproject
     351    ServerName trac.mycompany.com
     352    SetEnv HTTPS 1
     353    ....
     354</VirtualHost>
     355}}}
     356
     357=== Fedora 7 Issues ===
     358Make sure you install the 'python-sqlite2' package as it seems to be required for TracModPython but not for tracd
     359
     360
     361=== Segmentation fault with php5-mhash or other php5 modules ===
     362You may encounter segfaults (reported on debian etch) if php5-mhash module is installed. Try to remove it to see if this solves the problem. See debian bug report [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411487]]
     363
     364Some people also have troubles when using php5 compiled with its own 3rd party libraries instead of system libraries. Check here [[http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/modpython/#if-you-get-a-segmentation-fault]]
     365
    170366----
    171 See also TracGuide, TracInstall, TracCgi, TracFastCgi
     367See also:  TracGuide, TracInstall, [wiki:TracModWSGI ModWSGI], [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI], [wiki:TracModPython ModPython], [trac:TracNginxRecipe TracNginxRecipe]