Linode/Django Can't see site when I runserver at ip:8000

Question

I had started a fresh linode running ubuntu 19.04 and the first time I used the directions at:

https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-mezzanine-cms-on-ubuntu-18-04/

To install Mezzanine CMS it worked just fine, I could run the runserver command and see the django website. Eventually it started giving me a problem after trying 50 ways to deploy the site using apache and mod_wsgi.

I gave up and rebuilt the server and then still couldn't see the new install at the IP when I ran run server. I figured maybe it was because I accidentally installed some things using "python" and others with "python3" so I rebuilt the server.

This third time I followed the direction perfectly, the only difference is I didn't install a mysql server just kept the default SQLlite server and created a DB and Django Superuser.

• I have added my ip as a host in settings.py and local_settings.py
• I have already ran makemigrations and migrate
• I did check to see if maybe the IP had changed when I rebuilt, it hadn't
• My local environment on my laptop works fine, just not the linode

Any suggestions on anything I'm missing?

Answer 1

Deployment Guide

Step 1 (Installation)

• Install apache2 mod_wsgi

• Install virtualenv

• Install virtualenv

• Install Nginx for asynchronous event-driven approach to handle multiple client requests

• Install mysql

  sudo apt-get update

  sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3

  sudo apt-get install virtualenv ufw

  sudo apt-get install nginx

  sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev

  sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 2 (Apache & Hostname & User)

• Set hostname and add it into /etc/hosts with hostname and your Server IP

• Create new user and give add to the group sudo for safety

  sudo adduser username

  sudo usermod -aG sudo

• Enable SSH authentication for login & Edit default port of ssh in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1074034/not-able-to-change-ssh-port-on-ubuntu-18-04-1-lts

• Edit /etc/apache2/site-availabledefault-000.conf for your new Django configuration

Step 3 (Firewall)

• sudo ufw allow 8000

• sudo ufw allow http

• sudo ufw allow ssh

• sudo ufw default allow outgoing

• sudo ufw default deny incoming

• Enable all other required port numbers

• ssh sudo ufw enable

Step 4 (Django configuration)

• Chown static and media forlders and edit it's permission recursively
• Add allowed host in settings.py
• Checkout deployment checklist in django official website and do it.

Step 5 (Please checkout)

• For apache configuration please visit https://pythonprogramming.net/deploying-to-server-django-tutorial/
• Edit the path given in your apache configuration (path for WSGI Script,python-path, python-home ) if any errors found like Internal server error, miss configuration etc
• For reference of python-home path please refer Get virtualenv's bin folder path from script
• You can also add python-path to WSGIDaemonProcess
• Additionally, you can visit puttygen for public and private key generation to login through SSH