I’m encountering difficulties while trying to deploy my Django website using Apache on an Ubuntu server. Here are the details of the problem:

Error Messages:

Current thread 0x00007e9faacab780 (most recent call first):
<no Python frame>
[Thu Jun 27 02:58:10.538441 2024] [wsgi:warn] [pid 16762:tid 139224230311808] (13)Permission denied: mod_wsgi (pid=16762): Unable to stat Python home /home/robch/TestSite/django_env. Python interpreter may not be able to be initialized correctly. Verify the supplied path and access permissions for whole of the path.
Python path configuration:
PYTHONHOME = '/home/robch/TestSite/django_env'
PYTHONPATH = (not set)

Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding
Python runtime state: core initialized
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

and when i go to my page i see and error 403:

here is some more information about my files:

(django_env) robch@django-server:~$ ls -la
total 44
drwxr-x---  6 robch robch    4096 Jun 27 01:44 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root     4096 Jun 26 21:58 ..
-rw-------  1 robch robch    1102 Jun 27 00:08 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 robch robch     220 Jun 26 21:58 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 robch robch    3771 Jun 26 21:58 .bashrc
drwx------  3 robch robch    4096 Jun 26 23:45 .cache
-rw-------  1 robch robch      20 Jun 27 01:44 .lesshst
drwxrwxr-x  3 robch robch    4096 Jun 26 22:21 .local
-rw-r--r--  1 robch robch     807 Jun 26 21:58 .profile
drwx------  2 robch robch    4096 Jun 26 22:56 .ssh
-rw-r--r--  1 robch robch       0 Jun 26 22:43 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwxrwxr-x 13 robch www-data 4096 Jun 27 02:51 TestSite
(django_env) robch@django-server:~$ cd TestSite/ && ls -la
total 300
drwxrwxr-x 13 robch    www-data   4096 Jun 27 02:51 .
drwxr-x---  6 robch    robch      4096 Jun 27 01:44 ..
drwxrwxr-x  8 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:47 .git
-rw-rw-r--  1 robch    robch         6 Jun 26 23:39 README.md
drwxrwxr-x  3 robch    robch      4096 Jun 27 02:23 Soundrise
drwxrwxr-x  5 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 accounts
drwxrwxr-x  4 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 beatmakers
drwxrwxr-x  5 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 beats
drwxrwxr-x  4 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 content
-rw-rw-r--  1 robch    www-data 241664 Jun 27 00:59 db.sqlite3
drwxrwxr-x  5 www-data www-data   4096 Jun 27 02:51 django_env
drwxrwxr-x  5 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 files
-rw-rw-r--  1 robch    robch       665 Jun 26 23:39 manage.py
-rw-rw-r--  1 robch    robch        80 Jun 26 23:47 requirements.txt
drwxr-xr-x  4 www-data www-data   4096 Jun 26 23:56 static
drwxrwxr-x  4 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 transaction
drwxrwxr-x  4 robch    robch      4096 Jun 26 23:39 utils
(django_env) robch@django-server:~/TestSite$ cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/TestSite.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
        # The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
        # the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
        # redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
        # specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
        # match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
        # value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
        # However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
        ServerName 85.215.209.167

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        # Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
        # It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
        # modules, e.g.
        #LogLevel info ssl:warn

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        # For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
        # enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
        # include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
        # following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
        # after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
        #Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf

        Alias /static /home/robch/TestSite/static
        <Directory /home/robch/TestSite/static>
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

        Alias /media /home/robch/TestSite/files/media
        <Directory /home/robch/TestSite/files/media>
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

        <Directory /home/robch/TestSite/Soundrise>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Require all granted
                </Files>
        </Directory>

        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/robch/TestSite/Soundrise/wsgi.py
        WSGIDaemonProcess django_app python-home=/home/robch/TestSite/django_env python-path=/home/robch/TestSite
        WSGIProcessGroup django_app

</VirtualHost>
(django_env) robch@django-server:~/TestSite$

Steps Taken:

Checked and adjusted permissions for /home/robch/TestSite/django_env.
Verified Python installation within the virtual environment (/home/robch/TestSite/django_env).
Reviewed Apache configuration (*.conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-available/) to ensure correct python-home and python-path directives.

Request for Assistance:

How can I have my site FINALLLY displaying.

What steps should I take to ensure Python within the virtual environment has all necessary modules, especially ‘encodings’?