Commit 5767bc72 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.6.x] Fixed #23350 -- Updated mod_wsgi auth example to use less memory. 

Thanks Graham Dumpleton for the report.

Backport of c7f7432b from master
parent a7af6ad9

docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/apache-auth.txt

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@@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ version >= 2.2 and mod_wsgi >= 2.0. For example, you could: 
Authentication with mod_wsgi

============================



.. note::



    The use of ``WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}`` in the configurations below

    presumes that your Apache instance is running only one Django application.

    If you are running more than Django application, please refer to the

    `Defining Application Groups`_ section of the mod_wsgi docs for more

    information about this setting.



Make sure that mod_wsgi is installed and activated and that you have

followed the steps to setup

:doc:`Apache with mod_wsgi </howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi>`

followed the steps to setup :doc:`Apache with mod_wsgi

</howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi>`.



Next, edit your Apache configuration to add a location that you want

only authenticated users to be able to view:
@@ -41,7 +49,7 @@ only authenticated users to be able to view: 
    WSGIPythonPath /path/to/mysite.com



    WSGIProcessGroup %{GLOBAL}

    WSGIApplicationGroup django

    WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}



    <Location "/secret">

        AuthType Basic
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ Requests beginning with ``/secret/`` will now require a user to authenticate. 
The mod_wsgi `access control mechanisms documentation`_ provides additional

details and information about alternative methods of authentication.



.. _Defining Application Groups: https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationGuidelines#Defining_Application_Groups

.. _access control mechanisms documentation: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/AccessControlMechanisms



Authorization with mod_wsgi and Django groups
@@ -106,7 +115,7 @@ In this case, the Apache configuration should look like this: 
    WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/mysite.com/mysite/wsgi.py



    WSGIProcessGroup %{GLOBAL}

    WSGIApplicationGroup django

    WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}



    <Location "/secret">

        AuthType Basic