I am trying to deploy a django project using POSTGIS on my windows 11 PC with Apache 2.4.
The web page is working as long as I am not using 'django.contrib.gis'.
When I add 'django.contrib.gis' to my INSTALLED_APPS and define GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH to point to my gdal installation things stop working.
Specifically, trying to access the web app ends up in infinitely loading the page. Weird enough there are no errors in the apache error log. The apache service starts fine.
As far as I can see gdal install is correct as the app is working fine on the same machine with the same python environment with the django development server.
Actually, I have the same issue with other python libraries that need some dlls, like opencv.
So my guess is that it is a security related issue, but I do not find any clues on how to solve it.
Any ideas?
I tried also to grant rights to the directory where gdal is install in apache conf. But no luck.
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I have a shared Cpanel host with the Litespeed web server. I want to deploy a Django application on it. After creating a Python application inside the Cpanel where I have not deployed the application on the host I try loading the website, and instead of displaying the Django version, I face 503 Unavailable!!
Also inside the "stderr.log" file, there is the following error.
/usr/local/lsws/fcgi-bin/lswsgi_wrapper: line 9: /opt/alt/python39/bin/lswsgi: No such file or directory
I'm creating the application with Python 3.9.
But it works when I create it with Python 3.8 and show the following message when I load the web,
It works!
Python 3.8.6
The issue is mostly caused by the lack of the Python 3.9 WSGI package. On out-of-date versions of LiteSpeed, the package needs to be installed manually.
To work around this, first ensure that LiteSpeed is up to date. LiteSpeed must be at version 5.4.10 for this to work. Once that is confirmed, execute the following script from LiteSpeed. It will pull the required Python Selector packages:
/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/enable_ruby_python_selector.sh
Refer cpanel support
It appears that the program is already installed in Pycharm. I even created a blog about how to do it with pictures.
Nonetheless, it has been a nightmare getting to execute and finally connect on the web.
What code am I missing, I did it all thru Pycharm.
Yes, in order to Install Flask to do web apps. You must pay Pycharm Pro. This is true if you have a windows laptop or desktop. I am not certain about other programs where you can do Python web apps for free. But I will research that.
I am learning python and Django now. I have a question related to deploying Django project on windows 7. I know how to start the test server in django and see the project. But I have to do start the server manually every time I restart the PC. Also I have to keep the terminal window open.
Consider the below scenario for php projects.
We copy and paste the php files in htdocs or www folder in apache server and access them using the respected url. Web Server is running in the background. We dont have to start the server on windows restart.
Is something similar possible with Django on apache or any other server?
If yes, how should I go about it?
Thanks in advance.
For anyone stumbling around for an answer to a similar problem with deploying Django on a Windows server, here is a guide
Deploy Django with Apache and mod_wsgi on Windows Server 2019
To have Apache24 service automatically run on startup, make the changes in Windows Services dialog.
I have been learning Django in the development mode for a two months and I am up to speed with most basic aspects of python + django now. However, I was using the built-in runserver till this time
Now, I have got a Webfaction hosting account and wanted to know the following
1) Webfaction sets up the project with a certain Django version (say 1.6.4) and Python version (say 2.7) initially
The project directory (for say project MYAPP) is /<>/webapps/MYAPP
When the site is running in production mode, how does the apache server know which Python version, and which site-packages versions to use with the MYAPP source code to render the site?
I can see that the MYAPP folder has a lib/python2.7 folder, however when I am connected to SSH terminal, and do a "which python", i see :
which python
/usr/local/bin/python
so, do I take that this is the Python executable that is being used for rendering the website instead of the one in webapps/MYSITE/lib/python2.7 folder? How does the information/data flow about which programs to use during rendering the site with apache mod_wsgi work?
2) I was using a virtualenv in the development mode during testing. How do I use this on webfaction in production mode?
3) I am using Pycharm IDE. It worked well for the development mode. I can see that it has a remote interpreter configuration and a Deployment setting/option.
The python path that the remote interpreter settings tool detects automatically is the python executable at /usr/local/bin/python
Is this fine, or should I be pointing it to the more local python2.7 in the webapps/lib folder?
Thanks a lot of the answers and pls let me know if you need any supplemental info
Note to the OP: This should really be three separate questions.
1) For WebFaction, your Django app will use the Python version (and libraries, etc.) defined in:
~/webapps/<appname>/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
Specifically, you'll want to look at what is defined for WSGIPythonPath (which should mostly match up with WSGIDaemonProcess unless you modify the config and are doing something strange).
Note that which python just tells you what the default python is in your shell. This has nothing to do with the config file for the webapp.
2) You may want to expand on this as to exactly what your use case is and why the default Django webapp created by WebFaction doesn't fit your needs. But the short answer is:
Create a virtualenv on your WebFaction account.
Install Django, etc. into the virtualenv.
Edit the httpd.conf file I mentioned above to use your virtualenv instead.
I've done this with both a Django webapp made via the WebFaction control panel and via a custom mod_wsgi webapp. So it does work. Just make sure to use the right Python version when making your virtualenv.
3) I don't use PyCharm so I can't answer this (one reason why this question should be split up).
I've got a ubuntu vps and apache mod wsgi installed and serving my django sites.
however i have to restart all of apache rather than the site i have amended and its going to be a bit shonky if i tell clients that i have restarted their site cos i updated another site.
is there a tutorial somewhere to teach me how to configure this? i couldnt find one in googles keywords soup.
I'm already using virtualenvs if it helps.
Assuming you use mod_wsgi in daemon mode on UNIX/Apache 2.X system to run Django and have shell access to your machine all you need to do is touch the wsgi configuration for your project.
touch your_project.wsgi
See mod_wsgi documentation on Reloading Source Code and Django - mod_wsgi wiki for more references.