Deploying Django To Heroku - Server Error (500)

Question

I have been making a django app, and am now trying to deploy it to heroku. However when I go on it, says Server Error (500), and the log says: 2017-05-27T21:00:14.634310+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/" host=remberit.herokuapp.com request_id=065d27c6-9211-458f-9fc6-bb677d43581e fwd="86.13.204.65" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=151ms status=500 bytes=387 protocol=https

Here is my settings.py (at learst the relevant parts, but please ask if you would like the rest):

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "staticfiles")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

import dj_database_url

DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config()

SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']

DEBUG = False

try:
    from .local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass

And here is my wsgi.py:

import os

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
#from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
import django

os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'remberit.settings')
django.setup()

application = get_wsgi_application()
#application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)

Here is my Procfile:

web: gunicorn remberit.wsgi

Here is my runtime.txt:

python-3.5.2

Here is my requirements.txt:

appdirs==1.4.3
dj-database-url==0.4.2
gunicorn==19.7.1
packaging==16.8
pyparsing==2.2.0
six==1.10.0
whitenoise==3.3.0
psycopg2==2.6.2

And here is the output of pip freeze:

appdirs==1.4.3
dj-database-url==0.4.2
gunicorn==19.7.1
packaging==16.8
pyparsing==2.2.0
six==1.10.0
whitenoise==3.3.0

Also, when I run the app locally with gunicorn remberit.wsgi or python manage.py runserver it works fine, it only doesn't work when I use heroku.

Please tell me if you need anymore information.

I'm facing a similar problem. Please let me know if you've found the solution. — uitwaa, Jun 06 '17 at 11:03

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '17 at 20:03

Other solution that may solve your issue: Comment out or remover the GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage from whitenoise. For some reason this is not working well.

# STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

Found this solution on Why would django fail with server 500 only when Debug=False AND db is set to production database on Heroku?

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 02:41

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As mustapha-belkacim said, you need to migrate your apps:

heroku run python manage.py migrate

answered Aug 05 '19 at 02:41

gabriel

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Do we have to do this even when we dont use database – Arjun Jan 24 '22 at 16:06
@Arjun If you have admin page or superuser, you need a database. – gabriel Jan 29 '22 at 16:13

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 04:24

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I had a similar problem when I first deployed my app to heroku, in my case it was the database that needs migrations. So I had to run this commande:

heroku run -a your-app-name python manage.py migrate

take a look at this tutorial https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python#provision-a-database

answered Mar 05 '19 at 04:24

Mustapha-Belkacim

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This works but In my case I needed to first revert the migrations and the apply them again. That is: ```heroku run -a app-name python manage.py migrate zero``` and then the command in the answer. – therealak12 May 29 '20 at 20:04

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 11 '17 at 17:33

Please provide (or check) your TEMPLATES variable from settings. Make sure the 'DIRS' value points to the right template folder where index.html (or base template) is.

I faced a similar error and this was the problem in my case.

As commented in other question (Django app deployed to Heroku producing Server error 500), I realized this after turning DEBUG to True in production for a brief moment to find better help on the issue. Then, back to False of course.

Does your /admin works? If so, this answer might help you. If not, there is a number of things that can go wrong, maybe others can help? (eg: Why is psycopg2 not outputted with pip freeze if you have it in requirements.txt? Is it installed? Are you working with postgreSQL on both local and production environments?)

Good call. I turned DEBUG to True for a moment and saw the issue immediately. — bradleygsmith, Mar 26 '18 at 03:44

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 30 '21 at 14:22

I also faced the same problem so the best and quickest solution is to remove this line:

STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

and add this:

STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage'

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 31 '21 at 13:42

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A 500 error could be a lot of possible things. Set DEBUG=True temporarily to get more information.

answered Dec 31 '21 at 13:42

redcartel

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 20 '21 at 12:12

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Make sure you aren't linking any non existing external file, like in my case I had few css files linked with my html but the actual files were deleted.

answered Jul 20 '21 at 12:12

Nitanshu Bajpai

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 20 '22 at 17:31

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I experienced the same problem but when I set Debug option in the settings.py to false, the site run as expected.

answered Aug 20 '22 at 17:31

njoroge james

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Deploying Django To Heroku - Server Error (500)

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