How to Install Python 3.6 and Django with Apache (mod_wsgi)

Today we're going to Install Python 3.6, Django and MariaDB on CentOS 7 and make Apache to serve our Django site using mod_wsgi.
We are setting Apache to use virtual environment so that you can serve multiple sites with your single Apache instance.

First we need to install Python 3.6.
As you might know. CentOS 7 doesn't officially support Python 3 versions, so we need a little workaround.

In this tutorial we are using the popular IUS repository to install Python and some relevant packages.

First you need to install their repository:
# sudo yum -y install https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm

Next install python and python development module from:
# sudo yum -y install python36u python36u-devel

Install pip, you will need it to install django and other python packages (this also comes from IUS repo).
# sudo yum -y install python36u-pip

Additionally; edit your ~/.bashrc file and make a couple of aliases by adding these lines:
# alias python3="python3.6"
# alias pip3="pip3.6"

From now on you can (I will) just use "python3 <arguments>" instead of "python3.6 <arguments>" to run python3.6 in your terminal.

Now we will install mod_wsgi. It is the module that helps apache to serve our python applications.
# sudo yum install python36u-mod_wsgi

For a database, I recommend using MariaDB over MySQL. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement to MySQL, so there's no difference in usage.
It's guaranteed to stay free and open source, in the case of Oracle making MySQL all corporate.
# sudo yum install mariadb-server

Create a database:
# CREATE DATABASE database_name;

Create a user for your database (replace username with a new username)
# CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost';

Add privileges to your new user (replace secure_password with a secure password):
# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database_name.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secure_password';

Remember the username, password and database as we are going to use them later on in this tutorial.

Alright! Now we have Python and MariaDB set up, let's start a Django project!

First I would recommend you to use a separate virtual environment for each of your projects. That way you can install packages to your projects without them affecting global environment.

It's easy, only thing you need to do is create a environment directory somewhere (it doesn't matter where you put it or how you name it, but it's convenient to store all environments in one place, usually a folder in your home directory)

# python3 -m venv YOUR_NEW_ENVIRONMENT_NAME

This will create a directory with your project name to the directory you are in.
You can activate the environment from everywhere by entering this command:

# source /path/to/YOUR_NEW_ENVIRONMENT/bin/activate

Your terminal should now show your environment name before your username in commandline (something like "(env) [user@host]$")
Every package installed with pip(3) will now stay in this environment and will affect nothing globally.

Deactivating this environment is as simple as:
# deactivate

But let's not deactivate it yet. Let's install django to this environment and start a project.

# pip3 install django

cd into directory you wan't to make the new project in.
Start a django project by executing:

# django-admin startproject my_new_site

Edit the my_new_site/my_new_site/settings.py file to contain information for the database we made earlier.
Look for DATABASES dictionary, and edit it as shown below:

# DATABASES = {
#     'default': {
#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
#         'NAME': 'database_name',
#         'USER': 'username',
#         'PASSWORD': 'secure_password',
#         'HOST': 'localhost',
#         'PORT': '',
#     }
# }

Edit the ALLOWED_HOSTS list too to contain your domain:
# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['www.example.com', 'example.com']

Add these lines to mysite/mysite/__init__py file:
# import pymysql
# pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()

We can deactivate our environment for now.
# deactivate

Apache needs to be configured to serve our site:

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost.conf (If you don't have it, make it).
Add these lines (modify as needed):

# <VirtualHost *:80>
#
#     # Modify these
#     ServerAdmin your.email@example.com
#     ServerName www.example.com"
#     ServerAlias example.com
#     DocumentRoot /path/to/your_new_site
#
#     WSGIProcessGroup www.example.com
#
#     # You need to modify this to correspond the wsgi.py location of your project
#     WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/your_new_site/your_new_site/wsgi.py
#
#     # You need to modify python-home path to correspond your virtual environment folder
#     # which was made when you created the environmet
#     WSGIDaemonProcess www.example.com processes=2 threads=15 display-name=%{GROUP} python-home=/path/to/YOUR_NEW_ENVIRONMENT
#
#       # Modify this path too
#     <Directory /path/to/your_new_site>
#         Options FollowSymlinks
#         require all granted
#         AllowOverRide All
#     </Directory>
#
# </VirtualHost>

You should be covered. Start and stop httpd service (only restart might not work in this case) and visit your server address.
# systemctl stop httpd
# systemctl start httpd

You should see a Django test page.

If not, check the /var/log/httpd/error_log

You may see a line:
# Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
It means that wsgi.py can't find the correct Path to your python environment.

You can correct this by inserting two lines in your projects wsgi.py file:
# import sys
# sys.path.append("/path/to/your_new_site")

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