Simon Willison’s Weblog

Future roadmap for mod_wsgi. mod_wsgi 3.0 isn’t too far off, and will include Python 3.0 support, WSGI application preloading and internal web server redirection (similar to nginx X-Accel-Redirect). Version 4.0 plans a major architectural change that will allow multiple versions of Python to be run from the same Apache.

# 19th March 2009, 5:27 pm / apache, grahamdumpleton, modwsgi, nginx, python, wsgi

Load spikes and excessive memory usage in mod_python. “The final answer? Stop using mod_python, use mod_wsgi and run it with daemon mode instead. You will save yourself a lot of headaches by doing so.”

# 16th March 2009, 5:26 pm / apache, grahamdumpleton, modpython, modwsgi, python, wsgi

Setup mod_wsgi for Django and Shared Hosting. Tutorial by David Cramer; attached are useful comments from mod_wsgi author Graham Dumpleton.

# 26th March 2008, 2:42 pm / david-cramer, django, grahamdumpleton, hosting, modwsgi, python, wsgi

Web hosting landscape and mod_wsgi. Graham Dumpleton explains how mod_wsgi’s daemon mode should provide secure Python deployment for commodity hosting providers.

# 2nd July 2007, 3:47 pm / grahamdumpleton, hosting, modwsgi, python, wsgi