Install mod_wsgi on Ubuntu with Python 3.6, Apache 2.4, and Django 1.11

Question

How do I get mod_wsgi for Apache2 that was compiled for Python 3.6.1?

(or any future Python version)

I am using a Python 3.6.1 virtual envi

Answer 1

Do the following.

Uninstall your system mod_wsgi package.

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3

Install mod_wsgi using pip, preferably into a Python virtual environment. Ensure pip is for the version of Python you want to use.

pip install mod_wsgi

Display the config to add to Apache configuration file to load this mod_wsgi by running:

mod_wsgi-express module-config

Take the output of above command to display config and add to Apache configuration.

Add configuration to Apache to load a hello world WSGI application to test it works.

See details for pip based install in:

• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mod_wsgi

Answer 2

When I have used the @Graham Dumpleton suggestion to install the mod_wsgi using pip, got this error:

RuntimeError: The 'apxs' command appears not to be installed or is not executable.
Please check the list of prerequisites in the documentation for this package and
install any missing Apache httpd server packages.

To successfully compile and install the mod_wsgi through pip, I need to install the apache2-dev package on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install -y apache2-dev

On CentOS/Red Hat:

sudo yum install httpd-devel

After that pip install mod_wsgi completes successfully.

Hope that might help others.