mod_wsgi + cherrypy = 404 - The path '/index.wsgi/' was not found.

The .htaccess :

AddHandler wsgi-script .wsgi
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(media/.*)$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.wsgi/$1 [QSA,L,PT]

The index.wsgi :

import atexit
import threading
import cherrypy

cherrypy.config.update({'environment': 'embedded'})

if cherrypy.engine.state == 0:
        cherrypy.engine.start(blocking=False)
        atexit.register(cherrypy.engine.stop)

class Root:
        def index(self):
            return "..."
            index.exposed = True

    def default(self):
            return "default"
                index.exposed = True

application = cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(), "/")

• It is a shared host, i don't have access to apache
• I'm not allowed to use WSGIScriptAlias

The 404 error comes from cherrypy(powered by cherrypy on the botton), so i conclude apache is calling the .wsgi file correctly, it seems that its also passing /index.wsgi/, and cherrypy does not know what to do with it.

Can anyone help me with this?

I never deployed a cherrypy app before, is this the best/only/recommended way to do it?

Thanks in advance.

From serverfault OldJim

• If setting RewriteBase to '/' in .htaccess, likely that you need to use:

  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.wsgi$1 [QSA,L,PT]
  

  OldJim : Thank you for taking the time to answer, still Cherrypy outputs : 404 - The path '/index.wsgi' was not found. Any ideas?

  Graham Dumpleton : See 'http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationGuidelines#The_Apache_Alias_Directive'. You need to use a WSGI wrapper script to fiddle SCRIPT_NAME when you are using the rewrite rule method. Didn't catch you weren't doing this before. If that recipe has a problem now with missing slash, you may need to put it back in rewrite rule or otherwise will need to fiddle with it a bit to get it to work as example is not for .htaccess file.

  OldJim : That was it, i had to set SCRIPT_NAME to "", that solved, tnx for the help, Jim.

  Graham Dumpleton : Did you still need to drop the '/' out of the RewriteRule, or were both changes required?

  OldJim : It worked with the .htaccess as it is in the post, the only change i made was setting environ["SCRIPT_NAME"] = "", my database connections died though (http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/Storm) apparently mod_wsgi handles threads differently, do you happen to know if there's another event where i could hook the connection?Tnx in advance.

  Graham Dumpleton : The mod_wsgi package doesn't do any thing out of the ordinary with threads. A Python application should see them the same as if run under pure Python WSGI server. Do however read 'http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ProcessesAndThreading'. If you are running multithread configuration and the software you are using is not thread safe you will have issues. You could also be having issues with multiprocess configuration.
  From Graham Dumpleton