Configure Apache web server for Python on Windows

Run Python script as CGI program with Apache2.4 in Windows

1. Install Python and Apache

Python: http://python.org/download/.

Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi


2. Configure Apache to run Python CGI

The next step is to edit ‘httpd.conf’ apache configuration file located in the apache
install directory in the conf directory.

Uncomment the below line
#LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

After Uncomment
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

Search the httpd.conf file for the line

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

Add ExecCGI to the end of the line. After adding total line looks like below

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI

Next, search for the following:

#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

Uncomment this line by removing the # in front of the line,
and add a .py to the end of the line. The new line should look like this:


 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py



Search for the line: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /whatever-path/ – when you find it,
comment out the line: that is add a # in front of the line:
(or)Other wise add the below line

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Apache2.4/cgi-bin/"


3. Restart Apache


4. Run the sample python file

Here is an example assuming Python is installed in the C:\Python27 location



Save this file as test.py to your htdocs folder under your apache installation directory.
Open your web browser and type in your apache host
(and :port if the port is something other than 80) followed by test.py,
for example:   http://localhost/test.py