Comments on: web2py behind apache with mod_wsgi part II: mod_rewrite rules

By: Haros

Haros — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:32:13 +0000

Hey jdoe.
Can we also exclude the application name from the url? Because when you start visiting the links in a site it reveals the application’s name. For example let’s say we have a “links” category. When we visit it, it reveals http://www.primo.it/primo/links. It would be better if we could just have wwww.primo.it/links

By: jdoe

jdoe — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:59:57 +0000

Thanks Haro, I’ve updated the post.

By: Haros

Haros — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:10:07 +0000

Thank you VERY much for this guide! It really helped!

*a minor fix*
[NC, OR] must be [NC,OR] (without the space) otherwise you get a “bad flag delimiters” error.

By: jdoe

jdoe — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:35:01 +0000

uhm, maybe this email can be of help? are you using fcgi or wsgi? http...@googlegroups.com/msg00499.html

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:19:19 +0000

But what happens when you are on a shared hosting environment? (I am trying for the past two days to write a full tutorial on how to install and setup web2py on shared hosting accounts. IF I ever gather all the info, you’ll get a HUGE HUGE HUGE thanks-and a link of course).

Thanks again for all the help (I can’t believe it’s THAT difficult to run web2py on shared account)

By: jdoe

jdoe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:49:02 +0000

look at the previous post http://jdoe.asidev.com/2009/02/26/configure-web2py-to-run-behind-apache-with-wsgi-mod_wsgi/
You need a WSGIScriptAlias or ScriptAlias for this to work

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:31:46 +0000

So, what has to be added to your code to make it ok? I don’t think removing [PT] solves the problem

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.primo.it [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =primo.it [NC]
RewriteRule /primo/(.*) /$1 [N]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.primo.it [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =primo.it [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /primo/$1 [PT,L]

By: jdoe

jdoe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:20:36 +0000

sorry, I didn’t notice the space between flags

looking at your .htaccess you are using PT flag but you don’t have a Alias/ScriptAlias/WSGIScriptAlias so, yes, I think it’s ignoring the rewrite rule
Look here for more info on PT flag: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:03:57 +0000

After a lot of fiddling around and posting around the internet:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1454384/htaccess-transparently-adding-a-name-to-the-request
http://serverfault.com/questions/67615/htaccess-transparently-adding-a-name-to-the-request

I think that the problem is the added space between parameters (like [NC, OR]).
Now, it doesn’t throw an error but when I am hitting the domain, it redirects to http://mydomain.com/welcome/default/index (is it ignoring it?)

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:20:49 +0000

Thanks a lot for your help. I am writing it on linux. I am googling and I’ve even added a question at stackoverflow and serverfault.com. It’s definitely something wrong with my spaces
Thank again!