I am new to Django/React development and have been practicing development/deployment on a remote CentOS7 Apache server. Due to the remote nature of the server, we are using port forwarding to allow external access. I am using Django (3.2.23), React (18.2.0), CentOS7 Linux, Apache (2.4.6), Mod_WSGI (4.7.1), Webpack (5.89.0) and Python 3.6 with a virtual environment.
The development server runs fine on internal port 8000, forwarded to external port 40731 (as root, ie: www.hostsite.com:40731). The issue arises when I attempt to access the final deployment through internal port 80, accessing it remotely via external port 40730 (ie: www.hostsite.com:40730/cambraatz). To be clear, this is an issue specific to 'final' deployment and NOT an issue with the local Django development server.
When I attempt to visit the website, www.hostsite.com:40730/cambraatz, my index.html file is successfully running (webpage title loads accordingly) however I am served a blank white page. Developer tools is raising a 'No routes matched location "/cambraatz"' error (see snip below). Additionally, the serving of a blank page does not seem to raise any issues with Apache/Linux...code 200 in access_log and no new entries in error_log.
Developer Tools Error Message, request for hostsite.com:40730/cambraatz
Given the aforementioned, I believe the issue is likely due to the Mod_WSGI setup. I dont believe my Django routing is the issue as the development server routing is working as intended and no flagrant errors are being logged on the server, but I may be wrong. From what I can tell, my Apache/Mod_WSGI is successfully finding and running my 'index.html' file but is unable to find the website root.
Additional requests to /admin and /api pages return standard Django 404 pages (as DEBUG=True for now).
Django DEBUG Page, request for hostsite.com:40730/cambraatz/api
See below for a few of the current state of the pertinent files for reference, I can also share a link to my GitHub however my question keeps getting flagged as spam.
I attempted to clean these up for readability, but apologize in advance for any leftover comments/redundant code leftover from troubleshooting.
File Directory:
cambraatz
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+-- cb-venv (typical venv sub-directory)
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+-- Pipfile
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+-- Pipfile.lock
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+-- website
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+-- api
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| +-- (simple Django api sub-directory for storing contact information in models)
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+-- frontend
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| +-- (Django hosted frontend React application sub-directory)
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+-- website
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| +-- (main Django application, main urls.py, wsgi.py, asgi.py, settings.py, etc.)
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+-- db.sqlite3
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+-- manage.py
/etc/httpd/conf.d/django.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory /home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/website>
<Files wsgi.py>
Require all granted
</Files>
</Directory>
WSGIDaemonProcess cambraatz
WSGIProcessGroup cambraatz
WSGIScriptAlias /cambraatz /home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/website/wsgi.py process-group=cambraatz
Alias /static /home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/frontend/static
<Directory /home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/frontend/static>
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
/home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/manage.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
import os
import sys
def main():
"""Run administrative tasks."""
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'website.settings')
try:
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
except ImportError as exc:
raise ImportError(
"Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
"available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
"forget to activate a virtual environment?"
) from exc
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
/home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/website/wsgi.py
python_home = '/home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/cb-venv'
activate_this = python_home + '/bin/activate_this.py'
with open(activate_this) as f:
code = compile(f.read(), activate_this, 'exec')
exec(code, dict(__file__=activate_this))
import os
import sys
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
sys.path.append(BASE_DIR)
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'website.settings')
application = get_wsgi_application()
/home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/website/urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('api/', include('api.urls')),
path('', include('frontend.urls')),
]
/home/django-server-cb/cambraatz/website/website/settings.py
from pathlib import Path
import os
__import__('pysqlite3')
import sys
sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DJANGO_CB_SECRET_KEY', 'django-insecure-n^vlgpk!vxzj16l0%j70f5_gn%1l$&j0cu5t+0m-mt*^(i%16o')
DEBUG = 'False'
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'api.apps.ApiConfig',
'rest_framework',
'phone_field',
'frontend.apps.FrontendConfig',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'website.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'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',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'website.wsgi.application'
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_TZ = True
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
I am happy to share any other files or elaborate on the files above as needed. I cant help but feel I am annoyingly close to getting this up and running and would greatly appreciate any help that can be afforded.
Side Note: I have confirmed that a white page is also being served when the site/server is being accessed locally (ie: without port forwarding).