Setup Djangoproject on windows 2012 with Helicon Zoo - django

Question

We were forced by the company to move our django app from Linux to Windows. I googled and there I found Helicon Zoo is meant to be a good idea to help me setting this up.
I have installed the zoo part as it was described and tried to add my django application which did not work. To be sure I am not having problems with complex stuff in the application I have created a mysite demopage as it was described in the django tutorial so now I have got this folder structure:
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject
I have changed the webconfig so it looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<heliconZoo>
<clear />
<application name="python.project">
<environmentVariables>
<add name="VIRTUAL_ENV" value="%APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH%\venv" />
<add name="PATH" value="%APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH%\venv\Scripts;% PATH%" />
<add name="PYTHONPATH" value="%APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH% \venv\lib\site-packages;%APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH%\venv\lib;%APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH%;% APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH%\mysite" />
<!-- <add name="WSGI_APP" value="welcome.application" /> -->
<add name="CONSOLE_URL" value="console" />
<add name="DEPLOY_FILE" value="deploy.py" />
<add name="ERROR_LOG_DIR" value="log" />
<!-- generic wsgi app -->
<!-- django project --> <add name="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" value="mysite.settings" />
I know that the setting file is taken as if I change the name of the setting file I get a different error message saying that the file cannot be found.
I start IIS and check my logfile it is giving me this error message:
No handlers could be found for logger "django.request"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 1069, in <module>
run_django_app(options.django_settings_module, options.django_root)
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 999, in run_django_app
FCGIServer(WSGIHandler(), app_root=django_root).run()
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 776, in run
conn.run()
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 569, in run
self.process_input()
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 600, in process_input
self._do_stdin(rec)
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 724, in _do_stdin
self._start_request(req)
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 697, in _start_request
req.run()
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 515, in run
protocolStatus, appStatus = self.server.handler(self)
File "C:\Zoo\Workers\python\zoofcgi.py", line 862, in handler
result = self.application(environ, start_response)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\wsgi.py", line 189, in __call__
response = self.get_response(request)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 218, in get_response
response = self.handle_uncaught_exception(request, resolver, sys.exc_info())
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 261, in handle_uncaught_exception
return debug.technical_500_response(request, *exc_info)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\views\debug.py", line 97, in technical_500_response
html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\views\debug.py", line 384, in get_traceback_html
return t.render(c)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 209, in render
return self._render(context)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 201, in _render
return self.nodelist.render(context)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 903, in render
bit = self.render_node(node, context)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\debug.py", line 79, in render_node
return node.render(context)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\debug.py", line 89, in render
output = self.filter_expression.resolve(context)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", line 674, in resolve
new_obj = func(obj, *arg_vals)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\template\defaultfilters.py", line 774, in date
return format(value, arg)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateformat.py", line 345, in format
return df.format(format_string)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateformat.py", line 37, in format
pieces.append(force_text(getattr(self, piece)()))
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateformat.py", line 270, in r
return self.format('D, j M Y H:i:s O')
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateformat.py", line 37, in format
pieces.append(force_text(getattr(self, piece)()))
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\encoding.py", line 92, in force_text
s = six.text_type(s)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 141, in __text_cast
return func(*self.__args, **self.__kw)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 84, in ugettext
return _trans.ugettext(message)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 323, in ugettext
return do_translate(message, 'ugettext')
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 300, in do_translate
_default = _default or translation(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 206, in translation
_translations[language] = DjangoTranslation(language)
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 116, in __init__
self._add_installed_apps_translations()
File "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\venv\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 164, in _add_installed_apps_translations
"The translation infrastructure cannot be initialized before the "
django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: The translation infrastructure cannot be initialized before the apps registry is ready. Check that you don't make non-lazy gettext calls at import time.
These are my settings:
"""
Django settings for mysite project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.8.3.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
"""
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
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/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'u%196#-06u3np&!y91km4hp#ufn+80%op1$o5hrqp#c!$y-n-h'
# 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',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = r'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ZooPythonProject\mysite.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 = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/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/1.8/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': True,
'formatters': {
'standard': {
'format': '%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s'
},
},
'handlers': {
'default': {
'level':'DEBUG',
'class':'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
'filename': 'logs/mylog.log',
'maxBytes': 1024*1024*5, # 5 MB
'backupCount': 5,
'formatter':'standard',
},
'request_handler': {
'level':'DEBUG',
'class':'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
'filename': 'logs/django_request.log',
'maxBytes': 1024*1024*5, # 5 MB
'backupCount': 5,
'formatter':'standard',
},
},
'loggers': {
'': {
'handlers': ['default'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
'propagate': True
},
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['request_handler'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
'propagate': False
},
}
}
Does anybody have an idea how to setup this simple django page?
It works if I run it without IIS and Zoo and just do a manage.py runserver, but this is not an option for our production server.
Thanks for your help!
Eve

Answer 1

The problem may (or may not) come from "zoofcgi.py" script. Sorry for inconvenience anyway.
Could you please try a preview release of Zoo v.4 instead: https://github.com/helicontech/zoo/releases It uses different workers for Python application, so your issue may be resolved. Sorry, no documentation yet, but if you already familiar with MS WebPI, then it should be easy to use Zoo for you. After installing it, please, open Applications -> Templates and install "Python sample project". Open it in the browser and there you should find instructions how to put your existing Django project on it.
Sorry, it is still an early beta and applications outside 'Templates' section have not even been tested yet. As I work alone on this project I can't promise fast results, but at least in is open source now and underlying module code that runs applications has not changed significantly, so it is safe to say that if it worked once, then it should work further at least not worse than the previous version.