Debian - Python - Mod_Wsgi

This is the repo for running a python app under mod_wsgi on apache in a docker container

Many of the docker repo's out there use flask local server in their images. This repo is for a more production ready environment.

This repo will be built in stages It will contain a demo app written using the Flask framework

I will be using this Flask app for the repo

As of commit f232e60c39fcd480fbabab6308eeaf24f4a9d5ae The command to run the Dockerfile is:

docker run -d -p 80:80 --name <name> apache-flask

Alternatively, you can use docker-compose with:

docker-compose up -d

• Download the repo
• build the image: docker build -t apache-flask .

The docker file runs through the following steps:

• get the latest debian image
• install the requirements for python and flask on debian
• copy over the requirements.txt file and run pip install on it
• This is copied separately so that the dependencies are cached and dont need to run everytime the image is rebuilt
• copy over the application config file for apache
• copy over the .wsgi file. This is the entrypoint for our application
• copy over the run.py file
• copy over the application
• enable the new apache config file and headers
• dissable the default apache config file
• expose port 80
• point the container to the application directory
• the run command.