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Asked: 2026-05-18T00:27:19+00:00

Hello I am having a problem with Django trying to get it deployed on

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Hello I am having a problem with Django trying to get it deployed on a server using apache. for some reason when I write this information in my httpd.conf file. 

<location "/mysite">
    SetHandler python-program
    PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
    PythonOption django.root /mysite
    PythonDebug off
    PythonPath "['/user/local/src/djcode','/user/local/src/djcode/mysite'] + sys.path"
</Location>

I get this error when I restart apache.

Syntax error on line 3 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'PythonHandler', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Action 'configtest' failed.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    this error is pretty much self explanatory (second line is important to you):

    Invalid command 'PythonHandler', perhaps misspelled 
or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

    PythonHandler is a command unknown by apache. it’s a “module command” known by mod_python. so if missing it says invalid command (OR defined by module not in…).

    so make sure mod_python is installed.

    you might know it anyways, but just follow this document http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modpython/

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