On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM, aurfalien@gmail.com wrote:
I've been setting custom env vars for Apache 1 of 2 ways;
1 - Changing the passwd file so Apache has a shell and loading a custom .bashrc file.
2 - Using the SetEnv directive in my httpd.conf file.
I'm crazy about neither one as they both have limitations;
1 - I don't like giving Apache its own shell.
2 - The SetEnv directive only takes 2 args so if I have a var with multiple values like a path, it won't work.
What's the cleanest way to set complex env vars for Apache?
I put "export FOO=bar" in /etc/sysconfig/httpd and then PassEnv FOO in httpd.conf. Then scripts (PHP in my case) run by apache inherit FOO in the environment. I can't speak for python though. Don't know why it wouldn't work with what you call complex vars.
-- Jeff