[Solved] Django deployment

So i this tutorial on how to install django on my server, and I managed to get it functional up until the point where i can reach the django project if i go to domain.tld:8000. The problem is getting it to work with ISPConfig. These are my apache directives

Code:

Alias /static /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/static
<Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/static
        Require all granted
</Directory>

WSGIDaemonProcess testware python-home=/var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/testwareenv python-path=/var/www/clients/client1/web1/web
WSGIProcessGroup testware
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/testware/wsgi.py
<Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/testware>
        <Files wsgi.py>
                Require all granted
        </Files>
</Directory>

This is my testware/wsgi.py

Code:

import os

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "testware.settings")

application = get_wsgi_application()

Forgot to add the error message
I get a 403 Forbidden page

Code:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

Ok, so I managed to "isolate" the problem. It seems that the 403 forbidden crops up when i try to access to any folder in the web root folder. So even if i make a directory, i'm not able to access it. And it also crops up when i delete all the files in the web root folder. Any ideas why this would occur?

 

Ah, okay. Anyway around that? Because if i leave the index.html in the web root, it's all i get when i go to my site instead of the django page.

 

I managed to solve the 403 Forbidden with the following to the Apache Directive, notable the following line

HTML:

<Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/exampleproject>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        <Files wsgi.py>
            Require all granted
        </Files>
    </Directory>

 

And for anyone that might be struggling with deploying django on IPSConfig, here's the step i used to get mine up and running.
This tutorial assumes that you've gone through the Perfect Server installation and configuration for Debian in it's entirety on Debian.

Log into your ISPConfig and create your client and website. Make sure CGI and python are enabled when creating the website.

Create a shell user for your client:

Code:

Sites -> Command Line -> Shell User -> Add new Shell User

In the Shell User tab select the site(example.com for this tutorial)
Enter a suffix that will be appended to the username that you entered when creating the client.
Enter your password
Make sure the Chroot Shell is None for now
Set to Active
Save the new user.

Login into your server as your administrator via SSH

Disable mod_python:

Code:

sudo a2dismod python

Restart apache:

Code:

sudo service apache2 restart

Install mod_wsgi

For python 2:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi

For python 3:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3

Install virtualenv

For Debian 8:

Code:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install virtualenv

For Debian 9:

Code:

sudo apt-get install virtualenv

Login into your server using the the new user that you just created via SSH(client(n) is your users group: e.g. client1, and web(m) is your user: e.g. web1).

You will be in the /var/www/clients/client(n)/web(m)/home/user/ directory

Switch to the web directory of your user, which will serve as the project parent directory for this tutorial:

Code:

cd ../../web

Create your virtualenv (we will name our virtual environment venv):

Code:

virtualenv venv

You can specify which python to use with.
For python 2:

Code:

virtualenv venv -p python2

For python 3:

Code:

virtualenv venv -p python3

Start your virtual environment:

Code:

source venv/bin/activate

Install django:

Code:

pip install django

Create your django project root directory (we will use exampleproject for this tutorial):
Note: the . at the end of the command

Code:

django-admin.py startproject exampleproject .

Your directory structure should resemble the list structure below:
../venv
../exampleproject
../manage.py
../exampleproject/__init.py
../exampleproject/settings.py
../exampleproject/urls.py
../exampleproject/wsgi.py

Adjust your project settings using your preferred editor.

Code:

nano exampleproject/settings.py

Find the ALLOWED_HOSTS line and edit to allow the hosts you want:

Code:

...
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["example.com", "(server IP address)", "127.0.0.1"]
...

At the bottom fo the file, set the project's STATIC_ROOT by appending the following:

Code:

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/')

Complete the project setup:

Code:

./manage.py makemigrations
./manage.py migrate

Create an administrative user for your project:

Code:

./manage.py createsuperuser

Follow on-screen prompts to create the user.

Collect all your static content in the STATIC_ROOT directory

Code:

./manage.py collectstatic

Adjust the wsgi.py file:

Code:

nano exampleproject/wsgi.py

Make sure it resembles the below:

Code:

import os
import sys

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

sys.path.append('/var/www/clients/client1/web1')
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "exampleproject.settings")

application = get_wsgi_application()

Exit the virtual environment using:

Code:

deactivate

Log into your ISPConfig panel and go to your settings:

Code:

Sites -> Websites -> Website

Select your site and go to the Options tab.
In the Apache Directives text area, enter the following([example] can be any name you choose):

Code:

Alias /static /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/static
<Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/static>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    <Files wsgi.py>
        Require all granted
    </Files>
</Directory>

WSGIDaemonProcess [example] user=web1 group=client1 python-home=/var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/venv python-path=/var/www/clients/client1/web1/web
WSGIProcessGroup [example]
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/exampleproject/wsgi.py

Hope this helps. This my first time presenting instructions, so let me know if something is unclear. Good luck.

 

Sorry, had to revert from solved, because when applying the above steps on my production server, i get an ERROR 500 - Internal Server Error.
Error log in /var/log/ispconfig/httpd/domain.tld/

Code:

[my-home-ip-address] - - [27/Apr/2019:19:23:25 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 2119 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0"

/var/log/apache2/error.log has no pertinent errors, or maybe i'm just looking at the error logs.
my wsgi.py

Code:

import os
import sys

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

sys.path.append('/var/www/clients/client25/web30')
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'domain.settings')

application = get_wsgi_application()

my apache directives:

Code:

Alias /static /var/www/clients/client25/web30/web/static
<Directory /var/www/clients/client25/web30/web/static>
       Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/clients/client25/web30/web/domain>
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
       <Files wsgi.py>
           Require all granted
       </Files>
</Directory>

WSGIDaemonProcess mydomain user=web30 group=client25 python-home=/var/www/clients/client25/web30/web/venv python-path=/var/www/clients/client25/web30/web
WSGIProcessGroup mydomain
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/clients/client25/web30/web/domain/wsgi.py

I'm at a complete loss as to what could be the cause of this. Any help on what to check would be much appreciated.