Deploying Django + Apache on Ubuntu

I have looked through many links on this topic about deploying Django and Apache on an Ubuntu server. Finally, I found this link Installing Django Deployement on an Ubuntu 12.04 server which took me beyond any other tutorial. So now I'm at this location - I've installed all software and dependencies, enabled mod_WSGI, installed the Python and Django environment, started a new project, etc. I called my domain dynamics "dynamics". So my dynamics

file in the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available

now looks like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAdmin root@dynamics
 ServerName dynamics

 Alias /site_media/ /srv/my_project/app/webapp/site_media/
 Alias /static/ /srv/my_project/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin /static/
 Alias /robots.txt /srv/my_project/app/webapp/site_media/robots.txt
 Alias /favicon.ico /srv/my_project/app/webapp/site_media/favicon.ico

 CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/rotatelogs /srv/my_project/logs/access.log.%Y%m%d-%H%M%S 5M" combined
 ErrorLog "|/usr/sbin/rotatelogs /srv/my_project/logs/error.log.%Y%m%d-%H%M%S 5M"
 LogLevel warn

 WSGIDaemonProcess dynamics user=itsme group=itsme processes=1 threads=15 maximum-  requests=10000 python-path=/srv/my_project/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages python- eggs=/srv/my_project/run/eggs
 WSGIProcessGroup dynamics
 WSGIScriptAlias / /srv/my_project/app/conf/apache/django.wsgi

 <Directory /srv/my_project/app/webapp/site_media>
  Order deny,allow
  Allow from all
  Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
 </Directory>

 <Directory /srv/my_project/app/conf/apache>
  Order deny,allow
  Allow from all
 </Directory>

 </VirtualHost>

      

        
        
        
      

    

But, when I start apache and navigate to localhost

, I see an error Not found

, if I try to navigate to instead http://dynamics/

, I am redirected to google search page. I think I need to do some additional configurations, but I don't know which ones. I probably need to point ServerRoot in apache.conf

(but again with all these django folders I don't know where I should point exactly).

EDIT Now it's even worse. I tried reinstalling apache, but when I go to localhost the browser wants to load a page like a file. So what I did step by step:

1. sudo apt-get remove apache2 # remove to install from scratch
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install apache2
4. sudo a2dissite default # disable the default site
5. create dynamics file in /etc/apache2/sites-available
6. dynamics file contains these lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAdmin root@dynamics
 ServerName dynamics
 DocumentRoot /home/username/Sites/dynamics
 <Directory /home/username/Sites/dynamics/>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   AllowOverride Node
   Order allow,deny
   allow from all
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
7. /etc/apache2/apache2.conf contains `ServerName dynamics`. 

      

        
        
        
      

    

If I also point SeverRoot to /home/username/Sites/dynamics

, I get hundreds of errors when I restart apache, so I won't point it. Problems:

1. If I go to `http://dynamics`, I'm redirected to google search page
2. If I go to localhost, the browser wants to load a page like a file

      

        
        
        
      

    

So after reinstalling I am even one step back. I can't even create a virtual host. During this process, I ran into one - if you do sudo apt-get remove

or sudo apt-get purge

despite what they say, I can still see the non-traditional apache files - just like I did before uninstalling. So, I have one more question:

1. How to uninstall completely apache. All guides and tips that I followed left apache config files just as they were.

      

        
        
        
      

    

EDIT

Well, I re-installed apache from the start, added a virtual host dynamics

(firstly, without any link from django), then I followed Daniel Roseman's advice - tweaked the file a bit hosts

. And no, at least this part works. I can add the index.html file to the speakers folder and if I go to http://dynamics/

I see this page. BUT, all my attempts to create a django project and run it at the same url http://dynamics

have failed. Every time I get this error, "Not Found". Tons of guides, hundreds of blogs, and oceans of tutorials seem completely useless to make (I think) the easiest task possible - just run a django project on Apache.

EDIT

I ran bounty question . Now I just want to formalize everything in advance. Question: How do I deploy Django and Apache on Ubuntu ? Requirements:

Strongly required:
1. Ubuntu 12.04
2. Python 3.3.4
3. Apache 2.2.22
4. mod_wsgi

      

        
        
        
      

    

Not so much: 5. If someone does a test test, it will be cool. So my ultimate goal is to create a tiny web project where I could use f2py

to call subroutines fortran

. If this connection can be made in this environment, I will be completely above the moon. And let's say I want to have a specific virtual host called dynamics

. So, I want to store all project files in this / home / victor / dynamic / directory. I want step by step instructions, not just scraps of tips. And I hope this tutorial, if someone succeeds in doing it, will be incredibly popular with django newbeis like me.