How To Install mod_psgi on Fedora 34

mod_psgi is Apache httpd plugin for handling PSGI applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_psgi on Fedora 34.

What is mod_psgi

This Apache httpd plugin allows you to start Perl Web Server Gateway Interface (PSGI) applications directly from the httpd server.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_psgi on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_psgi.

Install mod_psgi on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_psgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_psgi

Install mod_psgi on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_psgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_psgi

How To Uninstall mod_psgi on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mod_psgi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_psgi

mod_psgi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/psgi.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/03-psgi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/dfecf577b5f5b679fcae193172038ab3226af2
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_psgi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_psgi
/usr/share/doc/mod_psgi/README
/usr/share/licenses/mod_psgi
/usr/share/licenses/mod_psgi/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_psgi on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.