powerdns: Define a application variable when not invoked from Shell

This allows to be run directly using mod_wsgi behind Apache.

diff --git a/src/powerdns/README.md b/src/powerdns/README.md
index 7b4ce133478654b3e3cf4b8e1e139fc20ca1a5bb..cdae57e45ab0c1cdac6b54dff314c26facced88f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/powerdns/README.md
+++ b/src/powerdns/README.md
@@ -48,4 +48,14 @@ Should return something like:
  ]
 }
 
-## WSGI
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+## WSGI
+You can run this backend directly behind an Apache server with mod_wsgi
+
+    WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/pdns-backend-rgw.py
+
+Placing that in your virtualhost should be sufficient.
+
+Afterwards point PowerDNS to localhost on port 80:
+
+launch=remote
+remote-connection-string=http:url=http://localhost/dns
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diff --git a/src/powerdns/pdns-backend-rgw.py b/src/powerdns/pdns-backend-rgw.py
index 382fe0ca57f4876eceebf14f6d3d1c7071887c04..a945052d98d1bf9528d8aa2e11c3b731fa50052d 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/powerdns/pdns-backend-rgw.py
+++ b/src/powerdns/pdns-backend-rgw.py
@@ -276,4 +276,8 @@ app.debug = config['debug']
 
 # Only run the App if this script is invoked from a Shell
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(host=config['listen']['addr'], port=config['listen']['port'])
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+    app.run(host=config['listen']['addr'], port=config['listen']['port'])
+
+# Otherwise provide a variable called 'application' for mod_wsgi
+else:
+    application = app