Bug in Virtual Host templating system ?

[bilsalak]

Apache 2.2.6


I've installed mod_python and used the templating system to include the mod_python module into Apache via the pre-Virtual Host include.

My goal requires that I add a few lines to the Virtual Host configuration to map the application to Python. Here is an example of what I'm doing:

<Directory /home/~owner~/public_html>
    SetHandler mod_python
    PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    PythonOption TracEnv /home/~owner~/public_html
    PythonOption TracUriRoot /
</Directory>

If place this code directly into the Virtual Host definition everything works as expected. If I move it to /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/[ssl or std]/[1 or 2]/<something>.conf

and run

/scripts/verify_vhost_includes --show-test-output

I get

[TEST RESULTS]
Syntax error on line 3 of /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/developm/wirecollective.devtemple.com/vhost.conf.broken:
Invalid command 'PythonHandler', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
[/TEST RESULTS]

This has been driving me crazy. Is it a bug in WHM or am I missing something? Thanks in advance for any help.

best,
Bill

[cpanelkenneth]

Apache 2.2.6


I've installed mod_python and used the templating system to include the mod_python module into Apache via the pre-Virtual Host include.

My goal requires that I add a few lines to the Virtual Host configuration to map the application to Python. Here is an example of what I'm doing:

<Directory /home/~owner~/public_html>
    SetHandler mod_python
    PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    PythonOption TracEnv /home/~owner~/public_html
    PythonOption TracUriRoot /
</Directory>

If place this code directly into the Virtual Host definition everything works as expected. If I move it to /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/[ssl or std]/[1 or 2]/<something>.conf

and run

/scripts/verify_vhost_includes --show-test-output

I get

[TEST RESULTS]
Syntax error on line 3 of /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/developm/wirecollective.devtemple.com/vhost.conf.broken:
Invalid command 'PythonHandler', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
[/TEST RESULTS]

This has been driving me crazy. Is it a bug in WHM or am I missing something? Thanks in advance for any help.

best,
Bill

Wrap the mod_python specific portions in <IfModule> blocks.

[bilsalak]

thanks for the feedback cpanelkenneth.

I added this to the /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/[ssl or std]/[1 or 2]/<something>.conf

<IfModule mod_python.c>
<Directory /home/~user~/public_html>
    SetHandler mod_python
    PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    PythonOption TracEnv /home/~user~/public_html
    PythonOption TracUriRoot /
</Directory>
</IfModule>

and ran the

/scripts/verify_vhost_includes --show-test-output

which told me everything was fine with that file. This is a major improvement. Then I ran

/scripts/ensure_vhost_includes --user=~user~

and restarted apache. The expected output of having mod_python kick in and parse the Trac application did not work. When I add the

<IfModule mod_python.c>
<Directory /home/~user~/public_html>
    SetHandler mod_python
    PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
    PythonOption TracEnv /home/~user~/public_html
    PythonOption TracUriRoot /
</Directory>
</IfModule>

directly to httpd.conf in the appropriate Virtual Host directive then everything works as expected. Do you see anything I missed or know of a way to further debug this issue ? I feel a bit stuck by not knowing the service manager as well as I should.

Best,
Bill