No module named 'app.settings' error when running app on heroku - django

Question

I am this error when I try to run my app on heroku. I have no idea what's causing it
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'deploytest.settings'
2020-05-15T21:02:25.372974+00:00 app[web.1]: [2020-05-15 21:02:25 +0000] [10] [INFO] Worker exiting (pid: 10)
2020-05-15T21:02:25.542793+00:00 app[web.1]: [2020-05-15 21:02:25 +0000] [4] [INFO] Shutting down: Master
2020-05-15T21:02:25.542795+00:00 app[web.1]: [2020-05-15 21:02:25 +0000] [4] [INFO] Reason: Worker failed to boot.
Procfile
web: gunicorn deploytest.deploytest.wsgi
I get the same error when my procfile is
web: gunicorn deploytest.wsgi
wsgi.py:
"""
WSGI config for deploytest project.
It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
"""
import os
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'deploytest.settings')
application = get_wsgi_application()
settings.py
"""
Django settings for deploytest project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.6.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
"""
import os
import django_heroku
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '<key>'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
SESSION_COOKIES_SECURE = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['heroku']
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'deploy.apps.DeployConfig',
]
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 = 'deploytest.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 = 'deploytest.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/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/3.0/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/3.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
django_heroku.settings(locals())
my file structure is what you would expect of any typical django project. so settings.py and wsgi.py are both in the deploytest/deploytest directory. I have no idea what is causing this.
Update:
Putting my git inside deploytest/ did help out. I got the site working.

Answer 1

Try to deploy deploytest/ in such a way that you can see other apps too in root.
What I mean is do not upload this folder deploytest/deploytest
If you do not understand what I mean ask.
Then use this Procfile
web: gunicorn deploytest.wsgi --log-file -

Answer 2

I was able to get around this issue by using the --chdir flag for gunicorn inside of my Procfile.
So in this scenario I believe the following would work: web: gunicorn --chdir deploytest deploytest.wsgi
How to run gunicorn from a folder that is not the django project folder