Webware for Python

Hi Mark,

I have Webware 0.9.2 running successfully on a CentOS 4.4 (Final) box  
with Apache 2.0.52 at work with no problems.

I wrote up instructions to install Webware 0.9.4 on CentOS 5 with  
Apache 2.2.3, and if memory serves, the procedure for both is pretty  
much identical, and it's fairly straight-forward.

http://eringary.com/webware/

I cannot address whether or not the latest version of Webware is  
dependent on any Apache 2.2-specific features, but--having used many  
different versions of Webware on a variety of different platforms and  
OSes--my guess is that its dependencies would be limited to the  
mod_webkit2 module.

HTH,
-Gary


On Dec 29, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:

> My first note didn't explain my siutation well. Here is another go at
> it...
>
> I am planning to install the current Webware on a box running SME
> 7.2. SME Server 7 uses many packages from CentOS and RPMForge. As you
> may know, CentOS 4 is built from publicly available open source Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS.
>
> The standard SME 7 distro installs Apache 2.0. FWIW, the SME
> development team plans to support apache 2.2 in a future release but
> I would like to get Webware going with the current release. I have
> thought about upgrading the apache install on my SME server but I am
> hesitant to move too far ahead of the dev team.
>
> The WebKit discussion mentions apache 1.3. and apache 2.2. The WebKit
> for apache 1.3 version won't work with apache 2.0.
>
> Will the WebKit for apache 2.2 work with apache 2.0? That is, is it
> dependent on 2.2 features or is the reference to 2.2 the highest
> version it was tested with?
>
> TIA,
>
>    - Mark Phillips
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Quoting Gary Perez <gary.perez@...>:
> I cannot address whether or not the latest version of Webware is
> dependent on any Apache 2.2-specific features, but--having used many
> different versions of Webware on a variety of different platforms and
> OSes--my guess is that its dependencies would be limited to the
> mod_webkit2 module.

Thanks for the link to the setup on Centos 5, Gary. Your instructions  
are very clear and will be very helpful.

I agree that the dependencies, if any, would be in the mod_webkit2  
module. That is the specific concern.

Thanks again,

- Mark Phillips

Mark Phillips wrote:
> The WebKit discussion mentions apache 1.3. and apache 2.2. The WebKit  
> for apache 1.3 version won't work with apache 2.0.
> 
> Will the WebKit for apache 2.2 work with apache 2.0? That is, is it  
> dependent on 2.2 features or is the reference to 2.2 the highest  
> version it was tested with?

It should work with Apache 2.0 as well. Only the make.bat and dll file 
for Windows are Apache 2.2 specific.

-- Chris

On Dec 29, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Christoph Zwerschke wrote:

> It should work with Apache 2.0 as well. Only the make.bat and dll file
> for Windows are Apache 2.2 specific.

Thank you, Chris, for the clarification.

I look forward to setting this up soon.

  - Mark Phillips

Just a follow up on this topic:

The compilation worked just fine following Gary's instructions with a  
couple of additional steps to conform to SME 7 standards as suggested  
by mcairn of the SME documentation team.

The test of Webware worked fine; all the examples worked "out of the  
box", proving Christoph's assurance the mod_webkit.so would work under  
apache 2.0 is spot on.

FYI, next on my list of items to compete is the boot/shutdown script  
for init.d, and Webware is ready for my application code.

Many thanks to all,

  - Mark Phillips

Mark Phillips wrote:
> FYI, next on my list of items to compete is the boot/shutdown script  
> for init.d, and Webware is ready for my application code.

There are a few templates in WebKit/StartScripts, of which Webware picks 
one that seems to fit on your system. You may want to pick another one 
and modify.

-- Chris

I have compiled a "how-to" for this process, blending the advice from  
Cactus at SME, with that from Gary and Christoph on this list.

   [url]http://www.mophilly.com/wiki/Installing_% 
26_Configuring_Webware_on_SME_7.2[/url]

I will add the instructions for the boot process, if there is  
anything not covered by the SME documentation.

Thanks for all the help.

  - Mark Phillips