500 Internal Server Error - Misconfigured Website

Question

I am uploading a website to a Ubuntu 14.04 VPS for the first time. I am using Apache 2.4.7, mod_wsgi, and Django 1.8.5. I am getting a 500 Internal Server Error. I cannot figure out if the problem is in my wsgi file or configuration or my Django configuration.

Apache Error Log:

[Tue Dec 15 19:57:14.734974 2015] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 28996:tid 139939323643776] AH00491: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:15.751172 2015] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 29181:tid 139688285566848] AH00489: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:15.751270 2015] [core:notice] [pid 29181:tid 139688285566848] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.996550 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975] mod_wsgi (pid=29185): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE/wsgi.py'.
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.996694 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975] Traceback (most recent call last):
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.996935 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py", line 187, in __call__
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997146 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]     self.load_middleware()
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997163 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 45, in load_middleware
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997291 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]     mw_class = import_by_path(middleware_path)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997305 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 26, in import_by_path
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997361 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]     sys.exc_info()[2])
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997371 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 21, in import_by_path
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997384 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]     module = import_module(module_path)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997389 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997425 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975]     __import__(name)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:19.997447 2015] [:error] [pid 29185:tid 139688073475840] [client 107.143.109.119:50975] ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing module django.middleware.security: "No module named security"
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201372 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976] mod_wsgi (pid=29184): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE/wsgi.py'., referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201446 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976] Traceback (most recent call last):, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201468 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py", line 187, in __call__, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201575 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]     self.load_middleware(), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201587 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 45, in load_middleware, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201699 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]     mw_class = import_by_path(middleware_path), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201713 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 26, in import_by_path, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201765 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]     sys.exc_info()[2]), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201775 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 21, in import_by_path, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201798 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]     module = import_module(module_path), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201806 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201845 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976]     __import__(name), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:20.201869 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688190367488] [client 107.143.109.119:50976] ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing module django.middleware.security: "No module named security", referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.650853 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978] mod_wsgi (pid=29184): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE/wsgi.py'.
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.650936 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978] Traceback (most recent call last):
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.650987 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py", line 187, in __call__
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651044 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]     self.load_middleware()
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651062 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 45, in load_middleware
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651083 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]     mw_class = import_by_path(middleware_path)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651094 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 26, in import_by_path
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651111 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]     sys.exc_info()[2])
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651119 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 21, in import_by_path
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651131 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]     module = import_module(module_path)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651140 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651154 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978]     __import__(name)
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.651184 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688107046656] [client 107.143.109.119:50978] ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing module django.middleware.security: "No module named security"
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719625 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977] mod_wsgi (pid=29184): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE/wsgi.py'., referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719704 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977] Traceback (most recent call last):, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719756 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py", line 187, in __call__, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719834 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]     self.load_middleware(), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719855 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 45, in load_middleware, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719878 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]     mw_class = import_by_path(middleware_path), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719890 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 26, in import_by_path, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719911 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]     sys.exc_info()[2]), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719921 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/module_loading.py", line 21, in import_by_path, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719958 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]     module = import_module(module_path), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719971 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 40, in import_module, referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.719989 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977]     __import__(name), referer: http://MY_IP/
[Tue Dec 15 19:57:22.720022 2015] [:error] [pid 29184:tid 139688098653952] [client 107.143.109.119:50977] ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing module django.middleware.security: "No module named security", referer: http://MY_IP/

wsgi.py:

import os, sys

sys.path.append('/var/www/MYSITE')

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

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

application = get_wsgi_application()

Apache Virtual Host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port t$
        # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
        # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
        # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
        # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
        # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
        # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.

        ServerName MYSITEinc.com
        ServerAlias www.MYSITEinc.com

        ServerAdmin email@site.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/MYSITE

        WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE/wsgi.py

        <Directory /var/www/MYSITE/MYSITE>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

        Alias /static /var/www/MYSITE/static
        <Directory /var/www/MYSITE/static>
        Require all granted
        </Directory>

        # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
        # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular

    # modules, e.g.
        #LogLevel info ssl:warn

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
        # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
        # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
        # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
    #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

settings.py

import os

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

SECRET_KEY = ‘KEY’

DEBUG = False
CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = False
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False

ADMINS = ((‘Name’), ‘name@site.com’)
MANAGERS = ((‘Name’), ‘name@site.com’)

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
    ‘IP_ADDRESS’, ‘MYSITE.com',
]

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django_admin_bootstrapped',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'web',
    'bootstrap3',
    'feedparser',
)

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 = ‘MYSITE.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        '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',
                'django.core.context_processors.static',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'MYSITE.wsgi.application'
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'web.User'
LOGIN_URL = '/login/'

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'MYSITE',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': ‘PASSWORD’,
        'HOST': ‘IP_ADDRESS’,
        'PORT': '3306',
    }
}

CONN_MAX_AGE = None

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = '/Users/MYNAME/MYSITE/'

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'MYSITE@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ‘PASSWORD’

If anyone has suggestions or solutions, can you please post them?

Answer 1

I believe you have your middleware in the wrong order.

Try putting your session middleware BEFORE your auth middleware (error in your logs indicates this problem).

The Django documentation covers middleware ordering as well.