ImportError: Could not import settings (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named setting

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I'm going through the "example" project into production on a VPS CentOS 6 (with Plesk) with python2.7, mod_wsgi, Django 1.6 I have proven many configurations and I always get error "No module named settings" or "No module named Unipath". Not that I have wrong or I'm missing. Thanks and regards.

My vhost.conf:

Alias /static/ /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/
Alias /media/ /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/media/

WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/vhosts/example.com/example.wsgi

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/example.com>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

My example.wsgi:

import os
import sys

path = '/var/www/vhosts/example.com/example'
if path not in sys.path:
   sys.path.append(path)

os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'settings'

import django.core.handlers.wsgi
application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()

I put my project via ftp into : /var/www/vhosts/example.com/

example.com/
      example(project)
          settings.py
          urls.py
          ...
      app
          models.py
          forms.py
          views.py
          ...
      templates
      httpdocs
      example.wsgi
      manage.py

Thanks again...

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '14 at 15:51

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Your settings are in example app so it should be:

os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'example.settings'

answered Feb 26 '14 at 15:51

Łukasz Staniszewski

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I try with this and same error :( Settings are inside of project example sorry – user3356409 Feb 26 '14 at 15:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '14 at 22:37

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Go read the official Django documentation on how to setup things for mod_wsgi:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi/

You are not setting the Python module search path or DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE as described in that document.

answered Feb 26 '14 at 22:37

Graham Dumpleton

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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Use `WSGIDaemonProcess` & `WSGIProcessGroup`

You can solve this issue by setting the python-path in apache2 config to point at your django project directory

Alias /static/ /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/
Alias /media/ /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/media/

WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/vhosts/example.com/example.wsgi

WSGIDaemonProcess example.com processes=2 threads=15 display-name=%{GROUP} python-path=/var/www/vhosts
WSGIProcessGroup example.com

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/example.com>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Edited to switch from Embedded mode to Daemon mode. Credit to Graham Dumpleton which is the author of this blog post and also commented about it.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Aug 16 '15 at 11:14

Jossef Harush Kadouri

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Except that you should not be using embedded mode. Use daemon mode of mod_wsgi and it is the ``python-path`` option to ``WSGIDaemonProcess``. Repeat, you should never be using embedded mode unless you are stuck with Windows. – Graham Dumpleton Aug 16 '15 at 21:54
@GrahamDumpleton, thanks for the comment, i also read [your blog post](http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2012/10/why-are-you-using-embedded-mode-of.html). i wasn't aware of daemon mode. thank you! edited my answer – Jossef Harush Kadouri Aug 17 '15 at 05:14

ImportError: Could not import settings (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): No module named setting

3 Answers3

Use WSGIDaemonProcess & WSGIProcessGroup

Use `WSGIDaemonProcess` & `WSGIProcessGroup`