I configured Django and Apache on an ec2 server with a connection to a remote rds server, which is working fine. I can access the ec2 server and the database (via ssh to the ec2 server and then to the rds server), I tried to run a migration with sudo python manage.py and it worked; the database shows my tables.

I use a virtual environment with the Python mod_wsgi installed which is loaded in the apache2.conf and in the 000-default.conf. I have the wsgi daemon process, and script references.

When I try to run the application through my browser I get a 500 internal server error with the following error message:

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module. Did you install mysqlclient? mod_wsgi (pid=7875): Target WSGI script '/var/www/wuyeguanli/wuyeapp/wuyeapp/wsgi.py' does not contain WSGI application 'application'.

the complete error message: