django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE

[Brad S]

I am trying to get a new server up and running and I am make a n00b error somewhere.


django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting MIDDLEWARE, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
unable to load app 0 (mountpoint='') (callable not found or import error)


$ cat nerds/settings.py 
"""
Django settings for nerds project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.2.5.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/
"""

import os

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))


# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'ui2+3#j-67et^&rx1z^76$b^h4pw3c7qbxdc5rj0xuqcq)=0=2'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["nerds.tech","www.nerds.tech"]


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'support.apps.SupportConfig',
]

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 = 'nerds.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 = 'nerds.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'nerds.db'),
    }
}


# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

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',
    },
]


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'EST'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/")
#DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="nerds.settings"



$ cat ../uwsgi.ini 
[uwsgi]
module = wsgi:application
#module = wsgi
master = true
chdir = /home/www/nerds.tech/nerds
wsgi-file = /home/www/nerds.tech/nerds/nerds/wsgi.py
#wsgi-file = nerds/nerds/wsgi.py
uid = www-data
gid = www-data
vacuum = true
chmod-socket = 660
socket = /tmp/uwsgi.sock
#plugins = python
die-on-term = true
virtualenv = /home/www/nerds.tech/venv
#pythonpath = /home/www/nerds.tech/venv/lib/python3.5/dist-packages
pythonpath = /home/www/nerds.tech/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages
pythonpath = /home/www/nerds.tech/venv/lib/python3.5
#pythonpath = ./nerds
pythonpath = /home/www/nerds.tech/nerds
module = django.core.handlers.wsgi:WSGIHandler()
logto = /var/log/nginx/uwsgi.log






$ cat nerds/wsgi.py 
"""
WSGI config for nerds project.

It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/wsgi/
"""

import os
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

#os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'nerds.settings')

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


#os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'nerds.settings')

application = get_wsgi_application()