Apache - Difference between ScriptAlias and WSGIScriptAlias

Posted by Jiri Kadlec on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Jiri Kadlec
Published on 2012-10-18T12:18:24Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 23:04 UTC
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I'm using apache on RHEL Linux server In my /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd.conf there are two directives:

WSGIScriptAlias /apps /var/www/apps
<Directory /var/www/apps >
   Options MultiViews ExecCGI
   MultiviewsMatch Handlers
   SetHandler wsgi-script
   Order allow, deny
   allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /scripts /var/www/scripts
<Directory /var/www/scripts >
   Options MultiViews ExecCGI
   MultiviewsMatch Handlers
   SetHandler wsgi-script
   Order allow, deny
   allow from all
</Directory>

What is the difference? I understand that WSGIScriptAlias is restricted for running Python scripts and ScriptAlias also allows running perl scripts.

Can I always use ScriptAlias instead of WSGIScriptAlias? Are there any performance advantages of using WSGIScriptAlias instead of ScriptAlias?

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