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pywebsocket doesnt work

This is how I've installed mod_pywebsocket as apache extension

root@senior:/var/www# wget http://pywebsocket.googlecode.com/files/mod_pywebsocket-0.7.8.tar.gz
root@senior:/var/www# tar xvf mod_pywebsocket-0.7.8.tar.gz
root@senior:/var/www# cd pywebsocket-0.7.8/src/
root@senior:/var/www/pywebsocket-0.7.8/src# py:/./setpuup.py build
running build
running build_py
root@senior:/var/www/pywebsocket-0.7.8/src# python ./setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
running install_lib
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket-0.7.8.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket-0.7.8.egg-info    
root@senior:/var/www/pywebsocket-0.7.8/src# mkdir /var/www/_wsh/
root@senior:/var/www/pywebsocket-0.7.8/src# cp example/* /var/www/_wsh/
root@senior:/var/www/pywebsocket-0.7.8/src# cd /var/www/_wsh/
root@senior:/var/www/_wsh# chmod a+x *.py
root@senior:/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket# cd /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket
root@senior:/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket# chmod a+rx *.py

Here is mine text inserted in httpd.conf

<IfModule python_module>
  PythonPath "sys.path+['/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages']"
  PythonOption mod_pywebsocket.handler_root /var/www/_wsh/
  PythonOption mod_pywebsocket.handler_scan /var/www/_wsh/
  #PythonOption mod_pywebsocket.allow_draft75 On
  #<Location /var/www/_vsh>
  #  PythonHeaderParserHandler mod_pywebsocket.headerparserhandler
  #</Location>
</IfModule>

After apaceh restart, I'm trying console.html code from examples of pywebsocket directory (copied in /var/www/_wsh). But it doesnt work, I cant open the connection.

When I try to run example I got this

root@senior:/usr# /var/www/_wsh/echo_client.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/www/_wsh/echo_client.py", line 995, in <module>
    main()
  File "/var/www/_wsh/echo_client.py", line 991, in main
    EchoClient(options).run()
  File "/var/www/_wsh/echo_client.py", line 840, in run
    self._handshake.handshake()
  File "/var/www/_wsh/echo_client.py", line 385, in handshake
    'Expected HTTP status code 101 but found %r' % status_code)
__main__.ClientHandshakeError: Expected HTTP status code 101 but found '200'

Could you please help me find out where is the problem? Thank you

Solution

  • After reading many tutorials on how to set up pywebsockets, I've ended up with this configuration:

    LogLevel debug
<IfModule python_module>
  Timeout 0
  #This is path where I have copied pywebsocket
  PythonPath "sys.path+['/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages']"
  #This is path where I have my websocket connection handlers (files that responds to requests, I have there example files copied too)
  PythonOption mod_pywebsocket.handler_root /var/www/websockets/
  PythonOption mod_pywebsocket.handler_scan /var/www/websockets/
  PythonHeaderParserHandler mod_pywebsocket.headerparserhandler
</IfModule>

    Here is list of this paths for better understanding of where is what:

    root@senior:/var/www/websockets# ls /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/
mod_pywebsocket  mod_pywebsocket-0.7.8.egg-info
root@senior:/var/www/websockets# ls /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/mod_pywebsocket
common.py       handshake                __init__.pyc        mux.pyc             _stream_hixie75.pyc  util.pyc
common.pyc      headerparserhandler.py   memorizingfile.py   standalone.py       _stream_hybi.py
dispatch.py     headerparserhandler.pyc  memorizingfile.pyc  standalone.pyc      _stream_hybi.pyc
dispatch.pyc    http_header_util.py      msgutil.py          _stream_base.py     stream.py
extensions.py   http_header_util.pyc     msgutil.pyc         _stream_base.pyc    stream.pyc
extensions.pyc  __init__.py              mux.py              _stream_hixie75.py  util.py
root@senior:/var/www/websockets#
root@senior:/var/www/websockets# ls .
bench_wsh.py  console.html    echo_wsh.py      origin_check_wsh.py
close_wsh.py  echo_client.py  handler_map.txt  pywebsocket.conf

    I also had to edit mod_reqtimeout of apache to keep connection alive (see this question for more info Why would a websocket created with pywebsocket be closed automatically? )