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Upstart: ImportError: No module named

I have a simple python script

import boto3
print('I know you are installed')

I'm sure the boto3 module is installed

pip3 install boto3

If run via terminal

python3 test.py

I get the expected output

I know you are installed

If I run the same script via Upstart

description "test"
author "me"
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn

chdir /var/www/html/

script
    exec nohup /usr/bin/python3 -u /var/www/html/test.py > 
/var/www/html/test.log
end script

I get 

tail: /var/www/html/test.log: file truncated
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/www/html/test.py", line 1, in <module>
import boto3
ImportError: No module named 'boto3'

Why can't the boto3 module be found when running the script from Upstart?

Solution

  • I ended having to add the following to my script

    sys.path.append("/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages")

    Seems as though when running python via Upstart, even though it was using 3.5 it wasn't looking in that site-packages directory