19 | | </Location> |
20 | | }}} |
21 | | |
22 | | Note that the option `TracUriRoot` may or may not be necessary in your setup. Try without first, and if the URLs produced by Trac look wrong or if Trac does not seem to recognize the URLs correctly, add the `TracUriRoot` option. |
23 | | |
24 | | Configuring authentication works the same as for [wiki:TracCgi#AddingAuthentication CGI]: |
25 | | {{{ |
26 | | <Location "/projects/myproject/login"> |
27 | | AuthType Basic |
28 | | AuthName "myproject" |
29 | | AuthUserFile /var/trac/myproject/.htaccess |
30 | | Require valid-user |
31 | | </Location> |
32 | | }}} |
33 | | |
34 | | If the Trac installation isn't installed in your Python path, you'll have to tell Apache where to find the Trac mod_python handler using the `PythonPath` directive: |
35 | | {{{ |
| 55 | Order allow,deny |
| 56 | Allow from all |
| 57 | </Location> |
| 58 | }}} |
| 59 | |
| 60 | The option '''`TracUriRoot`''' may or may not be necessary in your setup. Try your configuration without it; if the URLs produced by Trac look wrong, if Trac does not seem to recognize URLs correctly, or you get an odd "No handler matched request to..." error, add the '''`TracUriRoot`''' option. You will notice that the `Location` and '''`TracUriRoot`''' have the same path. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | The options available are: |
| 63 | {{{#!apache |
| 64 | # For a single project |
| 65 | PythonOption TracEnv /var/trac/myproject |
| 66 | |
| 67 | # For multiple projects |
| 68 | PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /var/trac/myprojects |
| 69 | |
| 70 | # For the index of multiple projects |
| 71 | PythonOption TracEnvIndexTemplate /srv/www/htdocs/trac/project_list_template.html |
| 72 | |
| 73 | # A space delimitted list, with a "," between key and value pairs. |
| 74 | PythonOption TracTemplateVars key1,val1 key2,val2 |
| 75 | |
| 76 | # Useful to get the date in the wanted order |
| 77 | PythonOption TracLocale en_GB.UTF8 |
| 78 | |
| 79 | # See description above |
| 80 | PythonOption TracUriRoot /projects/myproject |
| 81 | }}} |
| 82 | |
| 83 | === Python Egg Cache |
| 84 | |
| 85 | Compressed Python eggs like Genshi are normally extracted into a directory named `.python-eggs` in the users home directory. Since Apache's home usually is not writeable, an alternate egg cache directory can be specified like this: |
| 86 | {{{#!apache |
| 87 | PythonOption PYTHON_EGG_CACHE /var/trac/myprojects/egg-cache |
| 88 | }}} |
| 89 | |
| 90 | Or you can uncompress the Genshi egg to resolve problems extracting from it. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | === Configuring Authentication |
| 93 | |
| 94 | See corresponding section in the [wiki:TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication] page. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | == Advanced Configuration |
| 97 | |
| 98 | === Setting the Python Egg Cache |
| 99 | |
| 100 | If the Egg Cache isn't writeable by your Web server, you'll either have to change the permissions, or point Python to a location where Apache can write. This can manifest itself as a `500 internal server error` and/or a complaint in the syslog. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | {{{#!apache |
99 | | == Troubleshooting == |
100 | | |
101 | | === Form submission problems === |
| 180 | This does not seem to work in all cases. What you can do if it does not: |
| 181 | * Try using `<LocationMatch>` instead of `<Location>`. |
| 182 | * `<Location />` may, in your server setup, refer to the complete host instead of simple the root of the server. This means that everything (including the login directory referenced below) will be sent to Python and authentication does not work, ie you get the infamous Authentication information missing error. If this is the case, try using a sub-directory for Trac instead of the root, ie /web/ and /web/login instead of / and /login. |
| 183 | * Depending on apache's `NameVirtualHost` configuration, you may need to use `<VirtualHost *:80>` instead of `<VirtualHost *>`. |
| 184 | |
| 185 | For a virtual host that supports multiple projects replace `TracEnv /var/trac/myproject` with `TracEnvParentDir /var/trac`. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | '''Note''': !DocumentRoot should not point to your Trac project env. As Asmodai wrote on #trac: "suppose there's a webserver bug that allows disclosure of !DocumentRoot they could then leech the entire Trac environment". |
| 188 | |
| 189 | == Troubleshooting |
| 190 | |
| 191 | If you get server error pages, you can either check the Apache error log, or enable the `PythonDebug` option: |
| 192 | {{{#!apache |
| 193 | <Location /projects/myproject> |
| 194 | ... |
| 195 | PythonDebug on |
| 196 | </Location> |
| 197 | }}} |
| 198 | |
| 199 | For multiple projects, try restarting the server as well. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | === Login Not Working |
| 202 | |
| 203 | If you've used `<Location />` directive, it will override any other directives, as well as `<Location /login>`. |
| 204 | The workaround is to use negation expression as follows (for multi project setups): |
| 205 | {{{#!apache |
| 206 | #this one for other pages |
| 207 | <Location ~ "/*(?!login)"> |
| 208 | SetHandler mod_python |
| 209 | PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend |
| 210 | PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /projects |
| 211 | PythonOption TracUriRoot / |
| 212 | </Location> |
| 213 | |
| 214 | #this one for login page |
| 215 | <Location ~ "/[^/]+/login"> |
| 216 | SetHandler mod_python |
| 217 | PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend |
| 218 | PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /projects |
| 219 | PythonOption TracUriRoot / |
| 220 | |
| 221 | #remove these if you don't want to force SSL |
| 222 | RewriteEngine On |
| 223 | RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off |
| 224 | RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} |
| 225 | |
| 226 | AuthType Basic |
| 227 | AuthName "Trac" |
| 228 | AuthUserFile /projects/.htpasswd |
| 229 | Require valid-user |
| 230 | </Location> |
| 231 | }}} |
| 232 | |
| 233 | === Expat-related segmentation faults === #expat |
| 234 | |
| 235 | This problem will most certainly hit you on Unix when using Python 2.4. |
| 236 | In Python 2.4, some version of [http://expat.sourceforge.net/ Expat] (an XML parser library written in C) is used and if Apache is using another version, this results in segmentation faults. |
| 237 | As Trac 0.11 is using Genshi, which will indirectly use Expat, that problem can now hit you even if everything was working fine before with Trac 0.10. This problem has not been reported for Python 2.5+, so best to upgrade. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | === Form submission problems |
109 | | It may be possible to work around this with mod_rewrite, but I failed to get this working. In all, it is more hassle than it is worth. Stick to the provided instructions. :) |
110 | | |
111 | | === Win32 Issues === |
112 | | |
113 | | If you run trac with mod_python (3.1.3 or 3.1.4) on Windows, |
114 | | uploading attachments will '''not''' work. |
115 | | This is a known problem which we can't solve cleanly at the Trac level. |
116 | | |
117 | | However, there is a workaround for this at the mod_python level, |
118 | | which is to apply the following patch [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/attachment/ticket/554/util_py.patch attachment:ticket:554:util_py.patch] |
119 | | to the (Lib/site-packages)/modpython/util.py file. |
120 | | |
121 | | If you don't have the `patch` command, that file can be replaced with the [http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd/mod_python/trunk/lib/python/mod_python/util.py?rev=103562&view=markup fixed util.py] (fix which, although done prior to the 3.1.4 release, is ''not'' |
122 | | present in 3.1.4). |
123 | | |
124 | | === OS X issues === |
125 | | |
126 | | When using mod_python on OS X you will not be able to restart Apache using `apachectl restart`. This is apparently fixed in mod_python 3.2, but there's also a patch available for earlier versions [http://www.dscpl.com.au/projects/vampire/patches.html here]. |
| 261 | It may be possible to work around this with mod_rewrite, but I failed to get this working. In all, it is more hassle than it is worth. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | This also works out-of-box, with following trivial config: |
| 264 | {{{#!apache |
| 265 | SetHandler mod_python |
| 266 | PythonInterpreter main_interpreter |
| 267 | PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend |
| 268 | PythonOption TracEnv /system/path/to/this/directory |
| 269 | PythonOption TracUriRoot /path/on/apache |
| 270 | |
| 271 | AuthType Basic |
| 272 | AuthName "ProjectName" |
| 273 | AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd |
| 274 | Require valid-user |
| 275 | }}} |
| 276 | |
| 277 | The `TracUriRoot` is obviously the path you need to enter to the browser to get to Trac, eg `domain.tld/projects/trac`. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | === Additional .htaccess help |
| 280 | |
| 281 | If you are using the .htaccess method you may have additional problems if your Trac directory is inheriting .htaccess directives from another. This may also help to add to your .htaccess file: |
| 282 | |
| 283 | {{{#!apache |
| 284 | <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> |
| 285 | RewriteEngine Off |
| 286 | </IfModule> |
| 287 | }}} |
| 288 | |
| 289 | === Platform specific issues |
| 290 | ==== Win32 Issues |
| 291 | |
| 292 | If you run Trac with mod_python < 3.2 on Windows, uploading attachments will '''not''' work. This problem is resolved in mod_python 3.1.4 or later, so please upgrade mod_python to fix this. |
| 293 | |
| 294 | ==== OS X issues |
| 295 | |
| 296 | When using mod_python on OS X you will not be able to restart Apache using `apachectl restart`. This is apparently fixed in mod_python 3.2, so please upgrade mod_python to fix this. |
| 297 | |
| 298 | ==== SELinux issues |
| 299 | |
| 300 | If Trac reports something like: `Cannot get shared lock on db.lock`, then the security context on the repository may need to be set: |
| 301 | |
| 302 | {{{#!sh |
| 303 | chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t PATH_TO_REPOSITORY |
| 304 | }}} |
| 305 | |
| 306 | See also [http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#reposperms How do I set repository permissions correctly?] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | ==== FreeBSD issues |
| 309 | |
| 310 | The FreeBSD ports have both the new and old versions of mod_python and SQLite, but earlier versions of pysqlite and mod_python won't integrate: |
| 311 | * pysqlite requires threaded support in Python |
| 312 | * mod_python requires a threadless install. |
| 313 | |
| 314 | Apache2 does not automatically support threads on FreeBSD. You could force thread support when running `./configure` for Apache, using `--enable-threads`, but this isn´t recommended. |
| 315 | The best option [http://modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2006-September/021983.html seems to be] adding to /usr/local/apache2/bin/ennvars the line: |
| 316 | |
| 317 | {{{#!sh |
| 318 | export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libc_r.so |
| 319 | }}} |
| 320 | |
| 321 | ==== Fedora 7 Issues |
| 322 | |
| 323 | Make sure you install the 'python-sqlite2' package as it seems to be required for TracModPython, but not for tracd. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | === Subversion issues |
| 326 | |
| 327 | If you get the following Trac error `Unsupported version control system "svn"` only under mod_python, though it works well on the command-line and even with TracStandalone, chances are that you forgot to add the path to the Python bindings with the [TracModPython#ConfiguringPythonPath PythonPath] directive. A better way is to add a link to the bindings in the Python `site-packages` directory, or create a `.pth` file in that directory. |
| 328 | |
| 329 | If this is not the case, it's possible that you are using Subversion libraries that are binary incompatible with the Apache ones and an incompatibility of the `apr` libraries is usually the cause. In that case, you also won't be able to use the svn modules for Apache (`mod_dav_svn`). |
| 330 | |
| 331 | You also need a recent version of `mod_python` in order to avoid a runtime error ({{{argument number 2: a 'apr_pool_t *' is expected}}}) due to the default usage of multiple sub-interpreters. Version 3.2.8 ''should'' work, though it's probably better to use the workaround described in [trac:#3371 #3371], in order to force the use of the main interpreter: |
| 332 | {{{#!apache |
| 333 | PythonInterpreter main_interpreter |
| 334 | }}} |
| 335 | |
| 336 | This is also the recommended workaround for other issues seen when using the Python bindings for Subversion within mod_python ([trac:#2611 #2611], [trac:#3455 #3455]). See in particular Graham Dumpleton's comment in [trac:comment:9:ticket:3455 #3455] explaining the issue. |
| 337 | |
| 338 | === Page layout issues |
| 339 | |
| 340 | If the formatting of the Trac pages look weird, chances are that the style sheets governing the page layout are not handled properly by the web server. Try adding the following lines to your Apache configuration: |
| 341 | {{{#!apache |
| 342 | Alias /myproject/css "/usr/share/trac/htdocs/css" |
| 343 | <Location /myproject/css> |
| 344 | SetHandler None |
| 345 | </Location> |
| 346 | }}} |
| 347 | |
| 348 | '''Note''': For the above configuration to have any effect it must be put after the configuration of your project root location, ie {{{<Location /myproject />}}}. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | Also, setting `PythonOptimize On` seems to mess up the page headers and footers, in addition to hiding the documentation for macros and plugins (see #Trac8956). Considering how little effect the option has, leave it `Off`. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | === HTTPS issues |
| 353 | |
| 354 | If you want to run Trac fully under https you might find that it tries to redirect to plain http. In this case just add the following line to your Apache configuration: |
| 355 | {{{#!apache |
| 356 | <VirtualHost *> |
| 357 | DocumentRoot /var/www/myproject |
| 358 | ServerName trac.mycompany.com |
| 359 | SetEnv HTTPS 1 |
| 360 | .... |
| 361 | </VirtualHost> |
| 362 | }}} |
| 363 | |
| 364 | === Segmentation fault with php5-mhash or other php5 modules |
| 365 | |
| 366 | You may encounter segfaults (reported on Debian etch) if php5-mhash module is installed. Try to remove it to see if this solves the problem. See [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411487 Debian bug report]. |
| 367 | |
| 368 | Some people also have troubles when using PHP5 compiled with its own third party libraries instead of system libraries. Check [http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/modpython/#if-you-get-a-segmentation-fault Django segmentation fault]. |