Setup Django on Dreamhost

Install Django

Use the following command to install Django:

$ svn checkout http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django
$ cd django
$ python setup.py install --prefix=~

Test FastCGI

Get fcgi.py:

$ wget http://svn.saddi.com/py-lib/trunk/fcgi.py

Create FastCGI script /home/user/example.com/hello.fcgi:

#!/usr/bin/env python

def test_app(environ, start_response):
    start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/plain')])
    return ['Hello World!\n']

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from fcgi import WSGIServer
    WSGIServer(test_app).run()
    #from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer
    #WSGIServer(test_app).run()

And visit: http://example.com/hello.fcgi to test.

Create dispatch script

My dispatch.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/home/user/lib/python2.4/site-packages')
sys.path.insert(0, '/home/user')
import os
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'project.settings'
#from django.core.servers.fastcgi import runfastcgi
#runfastcgi(method='threaded', daemonize='false')
from fcgi import WSGIServer
from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
WSGIServer(WSGIHandler()).run()

Reference

• Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/
• http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Django