Setting up gunicorn.service [Service] for Django app - django

Question

Following the documentation and online tutorials on setting up my gunicorn.service results in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'my-app' when I run sudo systemctl status gunicorn
I realise something is being imported wrong or I do not have the correct directory listed in my gunicorn.service, but I'm struggling to figure out where the issue is regarding the [Service] part.
My /etc/systemd/system/gunicorn.service :
[Unit]
Description=gunicorn daemon
Requires=gunicorn.socket
After=network.target
[Service]
User=myname
Group=myname
EnvironmentFile=/home/myname/my-app/my-app/env
WorkingDirectory=/home/myname/my-app/my-app/app
ExecStart=/home/myname/env/bin/gunicorn \
--access-logfile - \
--workers 3 \
--bind unix:/run/gunicorn.sock \
my-app.app.wsgi:application
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
My directories are as follows:
./
./
env/ (./ ../ bin/ include/ lib/ lib64 -> lib/ pyvenv.cfg share/)
.bash_history
.bash_logout
.bashrc
.cache/
.cloud-locale-test.skip
.gitconfig
.local/
.profile
.ssh/
.sudo_as_admin_successful
.vim/
.viminfo
my-app/
|_ .DS_Store
|_ .git/
|_ .idea/
|_ .travis.yml
|_ Dockerfile
|_ docker-compose.yml
|_ env/ (./ ../ bin/ include/ lib/ lib64 -> lib/ pyvenv.cfg share/)
|_ requirements.txt
|_ my_app/
|_ .flake8
|_ db.sqlite3
|_ env
|_ manage.py*
|_ static/
|_ app/
|_ ./
|_./
|___init__.py
|___pycache__/
|_asgi.py
|_settings.py
|_urls.py
|_wsgi.py
Also, my settings.py since it might be relevant:
from pathlib import Path
# 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/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'seeecret'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'app'
'my-app'
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'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 = 'app.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'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 = 'my-app.app.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/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/3.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
Please could you help me with my EnvironmentFile, WorkingDirectory, ExecStart. Also, is my WSGI_APPLICATION = 'my-app.app.wsgi.application'or WSGI_APPLICATION = 'app.wsgi.application'? I feel like i've made this kind of mistake using the 2 interchangeably in many files, so pleas elet me know in which other files I would have to correct for this. Thank you so much in advance!

Answer 1

Everything looks good, you may be having a little confusion as to the structure of your WorkingDirectory and your ExecStart. In any case as you edit and test. Do in this order:
(1) sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/gunicorn.service
(2) sudo systemctl daemon-reload
(3) sudo systemctl restart gunicorn
(4) sudo systemctl status gunicorn