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How can I run a python-rq rqworker as an attached-daemon in UWSGI in python 3 without ASCII encoding errors?

I'm trying to run rqworker as an attached-daemon in UWSGI. To do this I add to the config.ini file:

attach-daemon = /path/to/rqworker

Then UWSGI tries to launch rqworker when it should but I get the following error in the logs:

RuntimeError: Click will abort further execution because Python 3 was configured to use ASCII as encoding for the environment. Either switch to Python 2 or consult http://click.pocoo.org/python3/ for mitigation steps.

I can run rqworker fine from bash but the encoding seems to be not set correctly for the daemon.

Solution

  • From the linked page in that message:

    You are dealing with an environment where Python 3 thinks you are restricted to ASCII data. The solution to these problems is different depending on which locale your computer is running in.

    For instance, if you have a German Linux machine, you can fix the problem by exporting the locale to de_DE.utf-8:

    export LC_ALL=de_DE.utf-8 export LANG=de_DE.utf-8 If you are on a US machine, en_US.utf-8 is the encoding of choice. On some newer Linux systems, you could also try C.UTF-8 as the locale:

    export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 export LANG=C.UTF-8

    To set the encoding in the UWSGI config.ini file you can use "env" to set environment variables and in turn the locale. On a US machine this configuration would work:

    env = LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
env = LANG=en_US.utf-8
attach-daemon = /path/to/rqworker

    On other machines, various other encodings could be used.