ImportError: No module named django.core.wsgi (ubuntu)
apache, django, importerror, python, ubuntu
Solution
Based on: http://www.webforefront.com/django/setupapachewebserverwsgi.html
the www-data user (user running apache folder) must have read access to the folder containing the django installation. I just did a test where I copied the django installation and my web application to: /var/www/test and changed the permission for that folder:
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/test
sudo chmod -R g+rwx /var/www/test
and the application now loads.
Problem
I am following this guide to configure apache for my django web application: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi/#basic-configuration I have installed Django, mod_wsgi-express (the new way) and mod_wsgi for apache on an ubuntu 15.10 server using: ``` pip install Django pip install mod_wsgi sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-wsgi ``` Next I have added the below to: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf ``` WSGIScriptAlias / /home/user/mysite/mysite/wsgi.py WSGIPythonPath /home/user/mysite:/home/user/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages <Directory /home/user/mysite/mysite> <Files wsgi.py> Require all granted </Files> </Directory> ``` But when I start apache I get the below error: ``` [Sat Mar 26 12:10:06.876025 2016] [wsgi:error] [pid 10622:tid 139806697674496] [client 217.40.250.17:52124] from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application [Sat Mar 26 12:10:06.876057 2016] [wsgi:error] [pid 10622:tid 139806697674496] [client 217.40.250.17:52124] ImportError: No module named django.core.wsgi ``` But that module indeed exists in the path I have supplied in WSGIPythonPath above: ``` ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core $ cat wsgi.py import django from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler ``` And: ``` ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages $ ll total 24 drwx------ 6 user user 4096 Mar 24 22:25 ./ drwx------ 3 user user 4096 Mar 20 20:56 ../ drwxrwxr-x 17 user user 4096 Mar 24 22:25 django/ drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Mar 24 22:25 Django-1.9.4.dist-info/ drwxrwxr-x 5 user user 4096 Mar 20 20:59 mod_wsgi/ drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Mar 20 20:59 mod_wsgi-4.4.22.egg-info/ ``` I also tried to validate the version of python the mod_wsgi module was build against: ``` /usr/lib/apache2/modules $ ldd mod_wsgi.so linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffe50f31000) libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007f376fbc2000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f376f9a4000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f376f5d9000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f376f3bf000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f376f1bb000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f376efb7000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f376ecaf000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005609838b3000) ``` So it appears it was build against Python 2.7 which is the same version Django is being installed under. So why does apache fail to load my application/django?