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.sock file not generating for Django application
- Posted on December 10, 2022
- DigitalOcean DropletsDjango
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Hi there,
I would recommend following the troubleshooting steps form the tutorial that you’ve shared. Then feel free to share the output of the commands here.
Mainly the following steps:
If the
systemctl statuscommand indicated that an error occurred or if you do not find themyproject.sockfile in the directory, it’s an indication that Gunicorn was not able to start correctly.Check the Gunicorn process logs by typing:
Take a look at the messages in the logs to find out where Gunicorn ran into problems. There are many reasons that you may have run into problems, but often, if Gunicorn was unable to create the socket file, it is for one of these reasons:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-ubuntu-16-04#check-for-the-gunicorn-socket-file
Let me know how it goes!
Best,
Bobby