Hello, please help me I have been struggling for over 2 days - I am trying to deploy a Django project

I keep getting this error:

Apr 18 10:38:05 PM ==> Uploading build…
Apr 18 10:38:18 PM ==> Build uploaded in 8s
Apr 18 10:38:18 PM ==> Build successful :tada:
Apr 18 10:38:18 PM ==> Deploying…
Apr 18 10:39:01 PM ==> Starting service with ‘gunicorn FCA_site.FCA_site.wsgi’
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/bin/gunicorn”, line 8, in
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM sys.exit(run())
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py”, line 67, in run
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM WSGIApplication(“%(prog)s [OPTIONS] [APP_MODULE]”).run()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/base.py”, line 231, in run
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM super().run()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/base.py”, line 72, in run
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM Arbiter(self).run()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/arbiter.py”, line 58, in init
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM self.setup(app)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/arbiter.py”, line 118, in setup
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM self.app.wsgi()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/base.py”, line 67, in wsgi
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM self.callable = self.load()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py”, line 58, in load
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM return self.load_wsgiapp()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/app/wsgiapp.py”, line 48, in load_wsgiapp
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM return util.import_app(self.app_uri)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gunicorn/util.py”, line 359, in import_app
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM mod = importlib.import_module(module)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/python/Python-3.11.0/lib/python3.11/importlib/init.py”, line 126, in import_module
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1206, in _gcd_import
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1178, in _find_and_load
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1149, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 690, in _load_unlocked
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 940, in exec_module
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/FCA_site/FCA_site/wsgi.py”, line 22, in
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM application = get_wsgi_application()
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/wsgi.py”, line 12, in get_wsgi_application
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM django.setup(set_prefix=False)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/init.py”, line 19, in setup
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM configure_logging(settings.LOGGING_CONFIG, settings.LOGGING)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/init.py”, line 92, in getattr
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM self._setup(name)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/init.py”, line 79, in _setup
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/src/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/conf/init.py”, line 190, in init
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “/opt/render/project/python/Python-3.11.0/lib/python3.11/importlib/init.py”, line 126, in import_module
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1206, in _gcd_import
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1178, in _find_and_load
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM File “”, line 1142, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Apr 18 10:39:06 PM ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘FCA_site.settings’

I honestly do not understand why. I have been trying to figure out the cause for over 2 days. Please help if you can.

Hi Piko,

I see you also have a support ticket open for this same issue. We’ll address it there since this appears to be quite specific to your application and less useful for general troubleshooting.

Regards,

Matt

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