Attaching debugger to python script running on apache

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I'm very new to this and am not sure if this is feasible.

All the requests for a specific file format to apache are redirected to a python script. Based on certain conditions, this script generates the output and returns that to the client.

I am using Eclipse + Pydev as my IDE. Once I make changes to the script, I upload it to the server using ftp. Is there a way, I can attach a debugger, so that whenever the script is run on the server, the debugger gets activated and I can put breakpoints and what not to debug it from there ?

I'd really appreciate any help, since debugging is a nightmare right now!

How are you using python with apache? Using mod_python? mod_wsgi? fastcgi? — Daniel DiPaolo
– Daniel DiPaolo, Commented Feb 18, 2011 at 22:37
I use a scriptaliasmatch to redirect all the traffic for m3u8 requests to python script. And, I think it uses built-in cgi, since I didn't put in anything extra. — brainydexter
– brainydexter, Commented Feb 18, 2011 at 22:41

rob · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-18 23:08:30Z

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What about remote debugging in PyDev
It is not exactly what you requested; you were talking about attaching to a process, while with remote debugging, you have the process connecting to your debugging server. That said, I have been using this feature a lot to debug scripts running in apache / mod_python, and it was very effective.

answered Feb 18, 2011 at 23:08

rob

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