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My django application has been running fine on my ubuntu ec2 instance, Apache2 + mod_wsgi, and a Mysql database running on the same instance. I decided to switch to a separate postgres RDS database, but when I try to use this database I get an Apache 'Internal server error' and the following wsgi errors in my Apache error.log file.

If I switch to the Mysql database in my settings.py, the website still works. The error only occurs when I just the separate postgres database. I am using Django 2.2 with python3.7

Apache configuration: 

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
...
Alias /static /home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/static
        <Directory /home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/static>
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

        <Directory /home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Require all granted
                </Files>
        </Directory>

        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py
        WSGIDaemonProcess django_app python-path=/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects python-home=/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/venv
        WSGIProcessGroup django_app
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/...
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/...
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf

error.log

[core:notice] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Target WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py' cannot be loaded as Python module.
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py'.
[wsgi:error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py", line 20, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     import psycopg2 as Database
[wsgi:error] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'psycopg2'
[wsgi:error]
[wsgi:error] During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
[wsgi:error]
[wsgi:error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[wsgi:error]   File "/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py", line 15, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     application = get_wsgi_application()
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/core/wsgi.py", line 12, in get_wsgi_application
[wsgi:error]     django.setup(set_prefix=False)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
[wsgi:error]     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 112, in populate
[wsgi:error]     app_config.import_models()
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 198, in import_models
[wsgi:error]     self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
[wsgi:error]     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
[wsgi:error]   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
[wsgi:error]   File "/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/RateManager/models.py", line 2, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     from django.contrib.auth.models import User
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/auth/models.py", line 2, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/auth/base_user.py", line 47, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 101, in __new__
[wsgi:error]     new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, app_label))
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 305, in add_to_class
[wsgi:error]     value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 203, in contribute_to_class
[wsgi:error]     self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 33, in __getattr__
[wsgi:error]     return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 202, in __getitem__
[wsgi:error]     backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 110, in load_backend
[wsgi:error]     return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
[wsgi:error]     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py", line 24, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading psycopg2 module: %s" % e)
[wsgi:error] django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading psycopg2 module: No module named 'psycopg2'
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Target WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py' cannot be loaded as Python module.
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py'.
[wsgi:error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[wsgi:error]   File "/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py", line 15, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     application = get_wsgi_application()
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/core/wsgi.py", line 12, in get_wsgi_application
[wsgi:error]     django.setup(set_prefix=False)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
[wsgi:error]     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 81, in populate
[wsgi:error]     raise RuntimeError("populate() isn't reentrant")
[wsgi:error] RuntimeError: populate() isn't reentrant
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Target WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py' cannot be loaded as Python module.
[wsgi:error] mod_wsgi (pid=27601): Exception occurred processing WSGI script '/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py'.
[wsgi:error] Traceback (most recent call last):
[wsgi:error]   File "/home/ubuntu/ratemanager/Projects/Projects/wsgi.py", line 15, in <module>
[wsgi:error]     application = get_wsgi_application()
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/core/wsgi.py", line 12, in get_wsgi_application
[wsgi:error]     django.setup(set_prefix=False)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
[wsgi:error]     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
[wsgi:error]   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 81, in populate
[wsgi:error]     raise RuntimeError("populate() isn't reentrant")
[wsgi:error] RuntimeError: populate() isn't reentrant
[mpm_event:notice] AH00491: caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[mpm_event:notice] AH00489: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.1.0g mod_wsgi/4.5.17 Python/3.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[core:notice] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'

Any help would be appreciated. I have tried many of the solutions I found online and can't get this to work.
sudo apt-get install python3.7-dev allowed me to install psycopg2 but I am still getting the above errors

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  • That error is telling you that you did not install psycopg2. Did you? Commented May 16, 2019 at 20:45
  • I was able to install psycopg2 by running (sudo apt-get install python3.7-dev) first. It didnt solve my issue though as I am getting the same Apache wsgi errors Commented May 16, 2019 at 21:44
  • did you restart Apache afterwards? Commented May 16, 2019 at 22:03
  • Yes. I posted the solution to my problem. I still don't know why pip3 install psycopg2 didn't work though Commented May 16, 2019 at 23:36
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    error shows that Apache uses Python3.6, not 3.7. Maybe you installed psycopg2 for Python 3.7 and apt-get installed for Python 3.6. Commented May 17, 2019 at 2:54

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Instead of pip3 install psycopg2, using sudo apt-get install python3-psycopg2 solved the problem for me. I don't know why this works and pip3 install psycopg2 does not.

Please comment below if you know why.

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It's because mod_wsgi is installed against Python 3.6, and psycopg2 was installed for Python 3.7. Each version of Python installed has a separate location for system-wide installed packages, so the mod_wsgi running 3.6 can't see the psycopg2 installed for 3.7.
Thank you for clarifying

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