503 errors on Apache+Mod_wsgi+Django

Question

I'm new to Python and trying to setup Django on my VPS that is running CentoOS 6.5. My Apache version is 2.2.15. Python is running on version 2.7.

• I created a virtualenv under /var/www/html/djangotest
• I installed Django under the new virtualenv
• I installed mod_wsgi, loaded the module, and created the following entry in my httpd.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80> WSGIDaemonProcess sampleapp python-path=/var/www/html/djangotest:/var/www/html/djangotest/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages WSGIProcessGroup sampleapp WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/html/djangotest/sampleapp/wsgi.py DocumentRoot /var/www/html/djangotest/sampleapp ServerName django.domain.com ServerAlias www.django.domain.com ErrorLog /var/www/html/djangotest/error_logs <Directory /var/www/html/jdlferreira.com/djangotest> AllowOverride All Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> 

Restarted apache with success, but visiting the url is returning me 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable.

The guide that I essentially followed is https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-run-django-with-mod_wsgi-and-apache-with-a-virtualenv-python-environment-on-a-debian-vps (adjustments were made for CentOS)

Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

To anyone else having this issue, read the following: https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationIssues

I resolved my issues by appending the following in my httpd.conf:

WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi