ImportError: No module named 'zproject.dev_settings' #513
Description
Hello, while setting up a new environment with manual configuration I am running into this old issue: #129
Waiting for database server to allow connections ...
Executing Zulip first start init ...
+++ readlink -f /home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/setup/initialize-database
++ dirname /home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/scripts/setup/initialize-database
+ THIS_DIR=/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/scripts/setup
+ cd /home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/scripts/setup/../..
+ ./manage.py checkconfig
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/./manage.py", line 149, in <module>
log_management_command(sys.argv, settings.MANAGEMENT_LOG_PATH)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 81, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 68, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 166, in __init__
mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/zproject/settings.py", line 34, in <module>
from .configured_settings import * # noqa: F403 isort: skip
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/zproject/configured_settings.py", line 10, in <module>
from .default_settings import * # noqa: F403 isort: skip
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/zulip/deployments/2025-09-16-14-16-07/zproject/default_settings.py", line 19, in <module>
from .dev_settings import EXTERNAL_HOST, ZULIP_ADMINISTRATOR
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zproject.dev_settings'
Zulip first start database initi failed in "initialize-database" exit code 1. Exiting.
What could be the cause of this?
The container is started with these environment variables, the rest is configured in settings.py:
- MANUAL_CONFIGURATION=True
- LINK_SETTINGS_TO_DATA=True
- DISABLE_HTTPS=True
- SSL_CERTIFICATE_GENERATION=self-signed
- DB_HOST=database
- DB_USER=zulip
- SECRETS_postgres_password=...
- SETTING_EXTERNAL_HOST=...
- SETTING_ZULIP_ADMINISTRATOR=...