By jonathan lee
When I run // sudo systemctl status gunicorn.socket //it says Active: active (listening) But when I run// sudo systemctl status gunicorn // it says Active: failed (Result: resources)
Below is my gunicorn.service file, I have changed “ /home/sammy/env/bin/gunicorn “ to “ /home/Sammy/env/lib/python3.8/sitepackages/gunicorn “ as I realized there is not gunicorn in the folder /env/bin.
[Unit] Description=gunicorn daemon Requires=gunicorn.socket After=network.target
[Service] User=sammy Group=sammy EnvironmentFile=/home/sammy/env WorkingDirectory=/home/sammy/Connectcaptain_001/savedb002 ExecStart=/home/sammy/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gunicorn --access-logfile - --workers 3 --bind unix:/run/gunicorn.sock savedb002.wsgi:application
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
My socket file is :
[Unit] Description=gunicorn socket
[Socket] ListenStream=/run/gunicorn.sock
[Install] WantedBy=sockets.target
My wsgi.py file is under the folder savedb002.
Also when I ran “ sudo systemctl status gunicorn.socket ” The output I got is below: Active: failed (Result: resources) gunicorn.service: Failed to run ‘start’ task: gunicorn.service: Failed with result 'resource Failed to start gunicorn daemon. Failed to load environment f Failed to run ‘start’ task Failed with result 'resource Failed to start gunicorn daemon. gunicorn.service: Start request repeated too q gunicorn.service: Failed with result 'resource Failed to start gunicorn daemon.
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Hey,
It looks like that the issue you’re encountering with Gunicorn failing to start is likely due to a misconfiguration in your gunicorn.service file. The error Active: failed (Result: resources) points to the direction that Gunicorn is unable to start due to resource constraints or incorrect paths in your configuration.
The ExecStart path in your gunicorn.service file should point to the Gunicorn executable. Usually, this would be in the bin directory of your virtual environment. The path you provided points to a directory where Python packages are installed, not the executable.
Ensure you have Gunicorn installed in your virtual environment. You can install it with:
source /home/sammy/env/bin/activate
pip install gunicorn
Then, update the ExecStart directive to point to the correct Gunicorn executable path:
[Unit]
Description=gunicorn daemon
Requires=gunicorn.socket
After=network.target
[Service]
User=sammy
Group=sammy
EnvironmentFile=/home/sammy/env
WorkingDirectory=/home/sammy/Connectcaptain_001/savedb002
ExecStart=/home/sammy/env/bin/gunicorn --access-logfile - --workers 3 --bind unix:/run/gunicorn.sock savedb002.wsgi:application
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
On another note, check that the sammy user has the necessary permissions to access the specified directories and files. This includes the virtual environment directory, the project directory, and the socket file.
You can change the ownership of the necessary directories and files to the sammy user:
sudo chown -R sammy:sammy /home/sammy/env
sudo chown -R sammy:sammy /home/sammy/Connectcaptain_001
After making the changes, reload the systemd manager configuration, and restart the Gunicorn services:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart gunicorn.socket
sudo systemctl restart gunicorn.service
If the service still fails to start, check the logs for more detailed error messages:
journalctl -u gunicorn.service -b
Here is an example of a correctly configured gunicorn.service file:
[Unit]
Description=gunicorn daemon
Requires=gunicorn.socket
After=network.target
[Service]
User=sammy
Group=sammy
WorkingDirectory=/home/sammy/Connectcaptain_001/savedb002
ExecStart=/home/sammy/env/bin/gunicorn --access-logfile - --workers 3 --bind unix:/run/gunicorn.sock savedb002.wsgi:application
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Here is an example of a correctly configured gunicorn.socket file:
[Unit]
Description=gunicorn socket
[Socket]
ListenStream=/run/gunicorn.sock
[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target
- Bobby
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