Why do I get error, Invalid command 'PythonHandler'?
Solution 1
Looks like I had to manually create the python.load file, weird. Anyway, these two commands fixed it:
echo "LoadModule python_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_python.so" > /etc/apache2/mods-available/python.load
ln -s ../mods-available/python.load etc/apache2/mods-enabled/python.load
Solution 2
more easy way to do it
a2enmod python
Solution 3
Have you enabled mod_python.load in mods-enabled? You can do this by just creating a softlink to the same file in mods-available.
Solution 4
On Ubuntu, you need to:
apt-get install libapache2-mod-python
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Nick Bolton almost 2 years
I'm trying to deploy a Django application, but I've hit a brick wall. On Debian (latest), I've run these commands so far:
apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils libexpat1 ssl-cert libapache2-mod-python python-django
I've tried adding the module manually in the Apache 2 config files, but to be honest I'm totally lost. It's totally different to Apache version 1 which I used years ago.
Syntax error on line 7 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default: Invalid command 'PythonHandler', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
I've added the following to my
sites-available/default
file, between the tags.<Location "/"> SetHandler python-program PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE hellodjango1.settings PythonDebug Off </Location>
Here's what tutorials I've used so far, without much luck:
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Nick Bolton almost 15 yearstxwikinger, thanks for the tip - I had to manually create the .load file. Which is odd since I assumed it'd already be there.
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Nick Bolton over 13 yearsHmm, a down-vote. Maybe I will review which answer works best for this question.
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Petr over 7 yearsthere is missing slash: etc/apache2/mods-enabled/python.load