Deploy wsgi application with apache mod_wgsi not working

Using Django
1

Hi
I’m trying to run a django app called bicaehfid using apache mod_wsgi but I get the error 500:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘bicaehfid.settings’

I am using ubuntu 20.04 and apache2

I have granted permissions to www-data and checked my sys.path:
In [5]: sys.path
Out[5]:
[’/home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid’,
‘/usr/lib/python38.zip’,
‘/usr/lib/python3.8’,
‘/usr/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload’,
‘’,
‘/home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/.venvbica/lib/python3.8/site-packages’,
‘/home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/.venvbica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/IPython/extensions’,
‘/home/unidad_sig/.ipython’,
‘/home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid/bicaehfid’]

In my wsgi.py:

import os
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
# os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'bicaehfid.settings')
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "bicaehfid.settings"
application = get_wsgi_application()

(I tried the original configuration and the configuration for multiple apps, although I only have one so far; I also tried setting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE manually in /etc/environment).

In /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

WSGIScriptAlias / /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid/bicaehfid/wsgi.py
WSGIPythonHome /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/.venvbica/
WSGIPythonPath /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/

In my default virtual host:

DocumentRoot /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid/
<Directory /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>

The full log error shows that it tries to run wsgi.py but does not reach the settings

I don`t know what I’m missing, can anyone help, please?

Thank you

2
  • Your WSGIPythonPath is one directory above where it needs to be.

Based on what I see from your directory structure, it should be:
WSGIPythonPath /home/unidad_sig/proyectoBicaehfid/bicaehgis/bicaehfid
(Note, no trailing slash - see the very first example at How to use Django with Apache and mod_wsgi | Django documentation | Django)

  • You don’t want to have this:

You do not want any part of your Django system exposed as directly-accessible files.

(See the examples at: Quick Configuration Guide — mod_wsgi 5.0.0 documentation)

  • Make sure that you do not have mod_python active in your apache configuration. The two do not play well together.
3

Thank you!
That worked

PS: I’m aware that I have to change my directories, I was just trying to make it work for the first time. Thanks for the tip, anyway

4

Depending upon file permissions, you might need the Directory entry. It’s the DocumentRoot entry that should be removed.

5

OK, that DocumentRoot wasn’t necessary, I changed it to /var/www/html and still works. Thank you again!