How does one deploy a django application on OS X Server?

Question

How would one deploy a Django application on OS X Server 2.0 without using homebrew or a different flavor of python than the one shipped with OS X 10.8.1? I\'m using the cocoa b

Answer 1

I found myself struggling to migrate my macports django to Mountain Lion Server 10.8.2, and for some reason the answers here helped me remember the mod_wsgi.so differences.

I overwrote the /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/apache2/mod_wsgi.so with my /opt/local/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so.

I was hoping to remove the MacPorts apache2 completely, but I think I better keep it around. I still prefer MacPorts Python at the moment, since it is easier to keep up to date with the numerically intensive packages.

Yes, also make sure you change that wsgi.py to wsgi.wsgi.

I copied httpd_wsgi.conf to httpd_mywsgi.conf; I added my django.wsgi to /Library/Server/Web/Data/WebApps.
In /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/webapps, I copied the com.apple.webapp.wsgi.plist.

It looks like you chose the same plist pattern.

I am still working out my static content, however, thought the mod_wsgi.so discovery could help someone else migrating from MacPorts.