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installing mod_wsgi giving 403 error

httpd.conf i added code below

WSGIScriptAlias /wsgi "C:/xampp/www/htdocs/wsgi_app/wsgi_handler.py" <Directory "C:/xampp/www/htdocs/wsgi_app/"> AllowOverride None Options None Order deny,allow Allow from all </Directory>

wsgi_handler.py

status = ‘200 OK’ output = ‘Hello World!’ response_headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain'), ('Content-Length', str(len(output)))] start_response(status, response_headers) return [output]

Note: localhost is my virtual host domain and it is working fine but when i request http://localhost/wsgi/ got 403 error.

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/www/htdocs/localhost" ServerName localhost ServerAlias www.localhost ErrorLog "logs/localhost-error.log" CustomLog "logs/localhost-access.log" combined </VirtualHost>

Error log

[Wed Jul 04 06:01:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/www/htdocs/localhost/favicon.ico [Wed Jul 04 06:01:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/xampp/Bin/apache [Wed Jul 04 06:01:58 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: C:/xampp/www/htdocs/wsgi_app/wsgi_handler.py [Wed Jul 04 06:01:58 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/xampp/Bin/apache [Wed Jul 04 06:01:58 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/www/htdocs/localhost/favicon.ico [Wed Jul 04 06:01:58 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/xampp/Bin/apache

Note: My apache is not in c:/xampp/bin/apache it is in c:/xampp/bin/server-apache/

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  • Got error logs? Commented Jul 4, 2012 at 12:54
  • Questions typically involve a question mark somewhere. Commented Jul 4, 2012 at 15:16
  • Normally you would have the WSGIScriptAlias and Directory block inside of the VirtualHost not outside. This would restrict it to that one virtual host. Commented Jul 4, 2012 at 23:55

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You're using different directories in your <Directory> and you <VirtualHost> directives.

In your Directory directive you've got 

 <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/wsgi_app/">

In the VirtualHost you've got

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/www/htdocs/localhost"

You need to fix it so the access rules and the DocumentRoot agree on the directory you want to use.

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  • ok i will try and inform you. Commented Jul 4, 2012 at 13:12
  • i fixed but still getting 403 error,My apache is not in c:/xampp/bin/apache it is in c:/xampp/bin/server-apache/ Commented Jul 4, 2012 at 14:16
  • There are three errors in your log. 1) ExecCGI isn't set, se the answer by tfitzgerald. 2) You don't have a favicon.ico, this one you can disregard. 3) Somewhere you have some configuration pointing at c:/xampp/Bin/apache - search for that string in your config file (it may be your DocumentRoot) and replace it with the directory where you actually store your files. Commented Jul 5, 2012 at 8:06
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The error says that Options ExecCGI is off for the c:/xampp/www/htdocs/wsgi_app/wsgi_handler.py directory.

Have you tried turning Options ExecCGI on? Change Options None to Options +ExecCGI

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You're not allowing access to the document root, just the WSGI root.

Add this within your <VirtualHost *:80> block:

<Directory "C:/xampp/www/htdocs/localhost"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
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