Django newbie deployment question - ImportError: Could not import settings 'settings'

Question

The app runs fine using django internal server however when I use apache + mod_python I get the below error

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  File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-package         


        

Answer 1

Your apache configuration should look like this:

    SetHandler python-program
    PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
    PythonOption django.root /mysite
    PythonPath "['/root/djangoprojects/', '/root/djangoprojects/mysite','/root/djangoprojects/mysite/polls', '/var/www'] + sys.path"
    PythonDebug On

Note that the sole difference is the "mysite.settings". Don't forget to restart apache once the config has changed (apache2ctl restart). See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/modpython/ for more info.