How to use the setEnv variable in apache?

Question

I need to set my apache environment to \'foobar\'

I know I need to set in in my vhost, but what should I type there and where?

Answer 1

SetEnv sets a particular variable to some value, so you need something like

SetEnv varname varvalue

If this is for a specific virtual host, and you have access to the Apache configuration files, this would go inside the <VirtualHost> directive for that virtual host.

If you don't have control of the config files, you'll need to put it in a .htaccess file. But for this to work, SetEnv must be allowed in .htaccess files, which is specified using the AllowOverride directive.

Answer 2

I came here because I configured a python/django WSGI environment. Loading modules and SetEnv'ing all day long. Did not work. The vars would just not show up.

What did work was this: https://gist.github.com/GrahamDumpleton/b380652b768e81a7f60c

Graham describes how to basically clone your wsgi.py file and then use a different one for each environment (production, test, dev) and setting your environment vars in there with os.environ['whatever'] = 'you like!'