What should the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE be set to in Apache when deploying a django app?

Question

I'm deploying a django app, but I can't seem get the settings correct in the Apache configuration. I've put my django app in /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/

  DirectoryIndex index.html
  DocumentRoot /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/

  <Location "/">
    SetHandler python-program
    PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE settings_production
    PythonPath "['/path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current'] + sys.path"
    PythonDebug On
  </Location>

  <Location "/media/">
    SetHandler None
  </Location>

  <LocationMatch "\.(jpg|gif|png)$">
    SetHandler None
  </LocationMatch>

But it's giving me this error:

ImportError: Could not import settings 'settings_production' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): No module named settings_production

I had a suspicion that my python path is incorrect. Should it be one level above at /path/to/mysite.com/teabag?, and thus the setting should be "current.settings_production"

I'm a little stuck, and any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Answer 1

The value you use for PythonPath should include the parent directories of all the modules you are going to import in your application. It should also include the parent directory of the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE location.

I good guess would be:

SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE current.settings_production
PythonPath "['/path/to/mysite.com/teabag/'] + sys.path"

Answer 2

I agree with rkthkr on the answer to your question but I noticed this.

DocumentRoot /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/

Wouldn't that cause a security problem? That would give someone access to your application code. There should be no need to point your DocumentRoot to your application directory. All your static media should be served out of a separate directory. If you are on a Linux system you could symlink your media from your application directory to your DocumentRoot directory.