Jailed SSH has problems with pip packages

[pforpaladin]

I have installed Django using virtualenv and pip by following this blog:

Deploy Django app on Shared Hosting using CPanel - Umer Softwares Blog

This post is about deploying a Django application on Linux shared hosting using Cpanel. This article was originally published in 2019. At that time, it was possible to only use Django 2.1. But things have changed on the way and it is being updated with time. I am writing this update in May 2022...

blog.umersoftwares.com

The blog has used the cloudlinux for installing the Django application but I am using the reseller hosting account.

I have installed the Django using passenger_wsgi.py file and works fine when used with a normal shell but during the jailed shell, the "No module named pymysql" error appears as below:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/opt/cpanel/ea-ruby24/root/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/wsgi-loader.py", line 369, in <module>

    app_module = load_app()

  File "/opt/cpanel/ea-ruby24/root/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/wsgi-loader.py", line 76, in load_app

    return imp.load_source('passenger_wsgi', startup_file)

  File "/home/test/djangotest/passenger_wsgi.py", line 1, in <module>

    from myproject.wsgi import application

  File "/home/test/djangotest/myproject/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>

    import pymysql

ImportError: No module named pymysql

 

[cPanelLauren]

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