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Django Invalid command ‘SetEnv’ in OpenSUSE

Today I came upon a problem when I wanted to integrate a Django project into my Apache via mod_python on my OpenSUSE virtual server.

I put the snippet I need for Django into a separate config file called django.conf into the folder /etc/apache2/conf.d/ from which all files are automatically loaded whenever Apache starts.

Everytime I wanted to start my Apache it said
Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/django.conf: Invalid command 'SetEnv', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

This seems to be a problem with the Apache configuration of OpenSUSE as mod_env which provides the SetEnv directive is installed but disabled.

Solution:

Start yast (from the command line)
Select “Network Services”
Select “HTTP Server”
Select “Server Modules”
Select “Network Services”
Scroll to “env”
Select “Toggle Status”
Select “Finish”

Done.

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