mod_wsgi: ImportError: No module named 'encodings'

Question

I\'m using Apache 2.2.15 on CentOS 6.5. I\'m trying to set up a Django app using mod_wsgi. I\'m using a virtual environment, and mod_wsgi was configured with --with-py

Answer 1

So with some help with my friends (IE: SysAdmins), we got this figured out last night. I learn best by example, so let's assume you're running Apache with mod_wsgi as Linux group apache with user flipperpa. Let's assume you're hosting in /home/my_project with wsgi.py in my_project/wsgi.py.

At the top level (ls -l /):

drwxr-xr-x.  47 root root  4096 Jul  9 09:43 home

In the home directory (ls -l /home):

drwxrwsr-x   7 flipper        apache 4096 Jul 29 10:22 my_project

This was the key. The lower case "s" means the apache group's setgid bit is set, and the execute bit is set. The final "x", of course, means anyone can execute.

Check your permissions down the tree; this did the trick for us.