Gunicorn error 203 while setting up django project - django

Question

I try setting up a django project with nginx and gunicorn but get a gunicorn error 203:
My installation is located at path /webapps/sarlex and all project files are owned by user "sarlex" and group "webapps".
The virtualenv is located at /webapps/sarlex/environment.
Gunicorn is located at /webapps/sarlex/environment/bin/ and owned by user sarlex.
Gunicorn configuration is set in /webapps/sarlex/gunicorn_start.sh:
NAME="sarlex" # Name of the application
DJANGODIR=/webapps/sarlex/ # Django project directory
SOCKFILE=/webapps/sarlex/run/gunicorn.sock # we will communicte using this unix socket
USER=sarlex # the user to run as
GROUP=webapps # the group to run as
NUM_WORKERS=9 # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=sarlex.settings # which settings file should Django use
DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=sarlex.wsgi # WSGI module name
echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami`"
# Activate the virtual environment
cd $DJANGODIR
source /webapps/sarlex/environment/bin/activate
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
# Create the run directory if it doesn't exist
RUNDIR=$(dirname $SOCKFILE)
test -d $RUNDIR || mkdir -p $RUNDIR
# Start your Django Unicorn
exec gunicorn ${DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE}:application \
--name $NAME \
--workers $NUM_WORKERS \
--user=$USER --group=$GROUP \
--bind=unix:$SOCKFILE \
--log-level=debug \
--log-file=-
Executing gunicorn_start.sh works with environment activated and deactivated.
/etc/systemd/system/gunicorn.service is owned by root and has this content:
[Unit]
Description=gunicorn daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
User=sarlex
Group=webapps
WorkingDirectory=/webapps/sarlex
ExecStart=/webapps/sarlex/gunicorn_start.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I tried to replace "User=Sarlex" with "User=root" but still get the same error.
The correct gunicorn it taken
Thanks for your help

Answer 1

What exactly is your question?
The export for DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE was awkward.
Enclose expressions and variable references in double quotes
NAME="sarlex" # Name of the application
DJANGODIR=/webapps/sarlex/ # Django project directory
SOCKFILE=/webapps/sarlex/run/gunicorn.sock # we will communicte using this unix socket
USER=sarlex # the user to run as
GROUP=webapps # the group to run as
NUM_WORKERS=9 # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=sarlex.settings # which settings file should Django use
DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=sarlex.wsgi # WSGI module name
echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami`"
# Activate the virtual environment
source /webapps/sarlex/environment/bin/activate
cd "$DJANGODIR"
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
export PYTHONPATH="$DJANGODIR":$PYTHONPATH
# Create the run directory if it doesn't exist
RUNDIR="$(dirname $SOCKFILE)"
test -d "$RUNDIR" || mkdir -p "$RUNDIR"
# Start your Django Unicorn
exec gunicorn "${DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE}:application" \
--name "$NAME" \
--workers "$NUM_WORKERS" \
--user="$USER" --group="$GROUP" \
--bind="unix:$SOCKFILE" \
--log-level=debug \
--log-file=-
Please show /var/log/nginx/ error messages.

Answer 2

Django failed starting because in one of my scripts I wrote "admin" in a path instead of "Admin".
This didn't cause a problem on my windows PC where I am developing my code.