How To Install mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_wsgi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mod_wsgi.x86_64 is A WSGI interface for Python web applications in Apache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mod_wsgi.x86_64`

The mod_wsgi adapter is an Apache module that provides a WSGI compliant interface for hosting Python based web applications within Apache. The adapter is written completely in C code against the Apache C runtime and for hosting WSGI applications within Apache has a lower overhead than using existing WSGI adapters for mod_python or CGI.

We can use yum to install mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_wsgi.x86_64.

Install mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mod_wsgi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_wsgi.x86_64

How To Uninstall mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mod_wsgi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mod_wsgi.x86_64

mod_wsgi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-wsgi.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_wsgi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_wsgi-3.4
/usr/share/doc/mod_wsgi-3.4/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/mod_wsgi-3.4/README

References

mod_wsgi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_wsgi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.