Source script before apache mod_wsgi run worker

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Hi,

I have an apache mod_wsgi app. I would like to source a script that exports a bunch of env variables before runs django wsgi, so django can use these vars. I know that I can set vars with setenv in httpd.conf but I wonder if I can save to set all variables sourcing a script.

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Answer 1

You can create a file like ~/.envs and put lines in the form of:

export VAR1="AV97hpdk6LdmJNQU"
export VAR2="False"

Then add a line to source the file at the start script, ~/webapps/<django_app>/apache2/bin/start, just before the httpd.worker one:

source $HOME/.envs

You should then be able to access those using calls like os.getenv('VAR1').

That said, the creator of mod_wsgi thinks this a bad idea and suggests using python configuration files instead.

Such environement variables will also be visable in the output of a ps command (or similar), and although other users can't see your processes, it should still be taken into account.

Source script before apache mod_wsgi run worker

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