Learn How To Install Python 3.7 On An Arch Linux Webserver

February 1, 2019

Table of Contents

Prerequisites

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  • Sudo access:
    • Commands required to be ran as root are prefixed by #. The recommended way to run commands as root is to, as a regular user, prefix each of them with sudo
  • Have a text editor installed, and be familiar with it, such as vi, vim, nano, emacs or a similar editor

    • Install Python 3.7 On Your Webserver

    On Apache

    Unfortunately, it is not supported to run both versions of Apache modules (for Python 2.x and 3.x) at the same time on the same Arch system, but this is rarely a problem.

    To use Python 3.x:

    # pacman -S mod_wsgi

    Enable the Apache mod_wsgi module by editing /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, and at the end of the list of LoadModule commands, add the following: 

    LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so

    On Nginx

    To use Python 3.x:

    # pacman -S uwsgi-plugin-python

    Test Python

    Within the appropriate directory, create test.py with the following contents: 

    #-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
def wsgi_app(environment, start_response):
    import sys
    output = sys.version.encode('utf8')
    status = '200 OK'
    headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain'),
               ('Content-Length', str(len(output)))]
    start_response(status, headers)
    yield output
application = wsgi_app

    On Apache

    Add to the end of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, or if you are running multiple hosts, edit the appropriate configuration file, and add in the appropriate <VirtualHost> block:

    WSGIScriptAlias /wsgi_app /srv/http/test.py

    Restart Apache:

    # systemctl restart httpd

    In a web browser, visit http://YOUR-SERVER-WEB-ADDRESS-OR-IP/wsgi_app, and you will see a test page with the python and GCC versions.

    Delete the test.py test file you just created, and the WSGIScriptAlias in your Apache configuration.

    Restart Apache:

    # systemctl restart httpd

    On Nginx

    Create the file /etc/uwsgi/wsgi_app.ini with the following contents:

    [uwsgi]
socket = /run/uwsgi/wsgi_app.sock
uid = http
gid = http
plugins = python
chdir = /usr/share/nginx/html/
wsgi-file=test.py
callable = application

    Start uWSGI serving wsqi_app:

    # systemctl start uwsgi@wsgi_app

    Allow Nginx to use uWSGI by editing /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, and for every server block you want to test, add the following. Alternatively, if you are using virtual hosts, edit each host’s configuration file:

    location ~ wsgi_app {
    root /usr/share/nginx/html/;
    include uwsgi_params;
    uwsgi_pass unix:/run/uwsgi/wsgi_app.sock;
}

    Restart Nginx:

    # systemctl restart nginx

    In a web browser, visit http://YOUR-SERVER-WEB-ADDRESS-OR-IP/wsgi_app, and you will see a test page with the python and GCC versions.

    Delete the test.py file you just created, and the location block you just added to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf for wsgi_app.

    Restart Nginx:

    # systemctl restart nginx

    Stop uWSGI serving wsgi_app:

    # systemctl stop uwsgi@wsgi_app

    Delete the /etc/uwsgi/wsgi_app.ini and test.py test files you just created.

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