"GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 145 - django

Question

Anytime I turn debug to false in my settings.py my site gives a server error. This is what my server shows and the site doesn't work again but when debug is true it works perfectly, I don't know what's wrong anyone with ideas on what might be going wrong
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October 21, 2022 - 23:47:07
Django version 4.1.2, using settings 'dlcfogbomoso.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
[21/Oct/2022 23:47:09] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 145
[21/Oct/2022 23:54:18] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 145
This is my settings.py file check it out for any error(s):
from pathlib import Path
import os
from decouple import config
from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent. Parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = "Django-insecure-)=l1an%f&lb0+7z#!5l!ang_l!76ahs4eb-$((lt7vo1-mv0(*"
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"]
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
"django.contrib.admin",
"django.contrib.auth",
"django.contrib.contenttypes",
"django.contrib.sessions",
"django.contrib.messages",
"whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
"django.contrib.staticfiles",
"myapp",
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
"django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
"whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
"django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
"django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
"django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
"django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
"django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
"django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
]
ROOT_URLCONF = "dlcfogbomoso.urls"
TEMPLATES = [
{
"BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
"DIRS": [BASE_DIR, "templates"],
"APP_DIRS": True,
"OPTIONS": {
"context_processors": [
"django.template.context_processors.debug",
"django.template.context_processors.request",
"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
"django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = "dlcfogbomoso.wsgi.application"
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
"default": {
"ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
"NAME": "dlcfogbomoso",
"USER": "postgres",
"PASSWORD": "admin",
"HOST": "localhost"
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
},
{"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",},
{"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",},
{"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
USE_I18N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = "/static/"
MEDIA_ROOT = "/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
Please what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Not a definitive answer, but help. too long for comment
Go into your settings.py and add the code block below. This overrides the default Logging settings to output errors to the console even when debug is set as False. If you already have a LOGGING dict in the settings, just comment it out
Note: defaults are commented out, I just disabled the filters & disabled the existing default loggers
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': True,
# 'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse',
},
'require_debug_true': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugTrue',
},
},
'formatters': {
'django.server': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.ServerFormatter',
'format': '[{server_time}] {message}',
'style': '{',
}
},
'handlers': {
'console': {
'level': 'INFO',
#'filters': ['require_debug_true'],
'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
},
'django.server': {
'level': 'INFO',
'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
'formatter': 'django.server',
},
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
#'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django': {
'handlers': ['console', 'mail_admins'],
'level': 'INFO',
},
'django.server': {
'handlers': ['django.server'],
'level': 'INFO',
'propagate': False,
},
}
}