Existing Django project deployment using Apache and Mod_wsgi (windows)

Question

I have a django project which I took it from github. I would like to run the project on my local using apache server. I have installed apache and want to run the project. But I am always getting this error.

 raise ImportError("Could not import settings '%s' (Is it on sys.path?): %s"
% (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e))
ImportError: Could not import settings 'core.settings' (Is it on sys.path?): No
module named cms.models

Please find the configuration I am using.

Python 2.7 
Django 1.4 
database in postgres

I have a project under mysite which is having the module name as core. There is also a setting files, but I dont know why it is not getting referred. I am also not able to sync with the database. I have been searching for a tutorial which gives me details of deploying a existing django project in localhost. I am able to create a new django project and able to run it in the default port.

does the project have a requirements file? If so, did you run it? — joel goldstick
– joel goldstick, Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 17:07
requirements.txt list all of the dependencies that need to be imported. Its often best to use virtualenv to separate project from other projects. use pip to import requirements. — joel goldstick
– joel goldstick, Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 16:23

imotai · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09 15:44:08Z

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You should add the project code to PYTHONPATH.

The normal configuration steps:

add a django.wsgi

import os, sys
sys.path.append('your project module path')# set PYTHONPATH
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'core.settings'
import django.core.handlers.wsgi
application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
add django.wsgi to httpd-wsgi.conf

WSGIScriptAlias / django.wsgi #your djang.wsgi path

answered Nov 9, 2014 at 15:44

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Arun Raja Over a year ago

I just have a mod_wsgi.so from where can i get the django wsgi. Also where can I find the httpd-wsgi.conf.

imotai Over a year ago

And you must add your project module to sys.path.

geekops · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09 15:45:59Z

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This error will occur if you have not appended cms.modules to the sys.path.

Use sys.path.append(/project folder path/cms.modules)

answered Nov 9, 2014 at 15:45

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