如何设置TERM环境变量Apache + mod_wsgi + django

Question

I used Apache + mod_wsgi in my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in deploying my django application. Set-up and deployment is OK, given that the method in views.py returns a value when I access the URL associated with it. And also, there are no errors in the Apache error.log.

However, when I added an:

os.system("java -jar <java application name>")

to the method implementation in the views.py, a "TERM environment variable set" is displayed on Apache's error log, and the java applications is not executed. The java application, when successfully ran, outputs a simple text file. But as expected (and since the java app was not executed), no text file was generated.

Having that explained, my question is How will I properly set the TERM environment variable to successfully run the java application? I already tried this:

SetEnv TERM /usr/bin/xterm

but it did not solve the problem. I also tried these 2:

SetEnv TERM /usr/bin/xterm:$PATH
SetEnv TERM /bin/bash

but again, it did not work. Hoping to hear your ideas. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

When having issues executing sub processes from mod_wsgi, have never seen TERM as being an issue before and is generally for other reasons.

If you still believe it is non existence of TERM in your environment, then in your WSGI script file add:

import os
os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'

Note though that TERM isn't set to either a path or even a single executable, but a terminal type. Would suggest you go read up about what TERM is even for.