Django Python - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
<p>I have a Django python server in a <strong>virtual environment</strong> at the root of my hard drive. In the command line, when I activate the <code>env</code> and run <code>python manage.py 192.168.0.47:80</code> it starts the server normal (no migration notice or anything), but when I load the page from the browser (using <code>instancegaming.net</code> locally, which is in my servers host file and has worked fine in the past locally and remotely) <strong>it loads and loads forever</strong>, and when I go to the Django server window and do <code>Ctrl+C</code> it updates the console and gives me the following error. Keep in mind that this <code>env</code> is a <strong>fresh install</strong>, with no other site packages other than Django. I've had successfully ran servers before on the same server (<strong>Windows 10 64-bit</strong>) and with the same router config. </p>

<p><strong>I've looked at other posts</strong> like this (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32057154/python-django-helpdesk-error-no-connection-could-be-made-because-the-target-mac">Python Django-Helpdesk Error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it</a>) and a handful of others, but none of these seem to solve the problem. </p>

<p>Console Window:</p>

<pre><code>(env) C:\server\www&gt;python manage.py runserver 192.168.0.47:80
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
December 28, 2016 - 19:07:06
Django version 1.10.4, using settings 'www.settings'
Starting development server at http://192.168.0.47:80/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 39, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\deprecation.py", line 136, in __call__
    response = self.get_response(request)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 41, in inner
    response = response_for_exception(request, exc)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 86, in response_for_exception
    response = handle_uncaught_exception(request, get_resolver(get_urlconf()), sys.exc_info())
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 124, in handle_uncaught_exception
    extra={'status_code': 500, 'request': request},
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1308, in error
    self._log(ERROR, msg, args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1415, in _log
    self.handle(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1425, in handle
    self.callHandlers(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1487, in callHandlers
    hdlr.handle(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 855, in handle
    self.emit(record)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\log.py", line 121, in emit
    self.send_mail(subject, message, fail_silently=True, html_message=html_message)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\log.py", line 124, in send_mail
    mail.mail_admins(subject, message, *args, connection=self.connection(), **kwargs)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\__init__.py", line 103, in mail_admins
    mail.send(fail_silently=fail_silently)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\message.py", line 342, in send
    return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 100, in send_messages
    new_conn_created = self.open()
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 58, in open
    self.connection = connection_class(self.host, self.port, **connection_params)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 251, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 335, in connect
    self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 306, in _get_socket
    self.source_address)
  File "c:\python\Lib\socket.py", line 711, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "c:\python\Lib\socket.py", line 702, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\python\Lib\wsgiref\handlers.py", line 137, in run
    self.result = application(self.environ, self.start_response)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\wsgi.py", line 170, in __call__
    response = self.get_response(request)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 124, in get_response
    response = self._middleware_chain(request)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 41, in inner
    response = response_for_exception(request, exc)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 86, in response_for_exception
    response = handle_uncaught_exception(request, get_resolver(get_urlconf()), sys.exc_info())
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 124, in handle_uncaught_exception
    extra={'status_code': 500, 'request': request},
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1308, in error
    self._log(ERROR, msg, args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1415, in _log
    self.handle(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1425, in handle
    self.callHandlers(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1487, in callHandlers
    hdlr.handle(record)
  File "c:\python\Lib\logging\__init__.py", line 855, in handle
    self.emit(record)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\log.py", line 121, in emit
    self.send_mail(subject, message, fail_silently=True, html_message=html_message)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\log.py", line 124, in send_mail
    mail.mail_admins(subject, message, *args, connection=self.connection(), **kwargs)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\__init__.py", line 103, in mail_admins
    mail.send(fail_silently=fail_silently)
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\message.py", line 342, in send
    return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 100, in send_messages
    new_conn_created = self.open()
  File "C:\server\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\backends\smtp.py", line 58, in open
    self.connection = connection_class(self.host, self.port, **connection_params)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 251, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 335, in connect
    self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
  File "c:\python\Lib\smtplib.py", line 306, in _get_socket
    self.source_address)
  File "c:\python\Lib\socket.py", line 711, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "c:\python\Lib\socket.py", line 702, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
[28/Dec/2016 19:08:15] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 59
</code></pre>

<p>My <strong>settings.py</strong>:</p>

<pre><code>import os

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))


# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = ''

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
    '.instancegaming.net',
]


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'home',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'www.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'www.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}


# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'MST'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

ADMINS = (('Jacob J','jacoblj3333@gmail.com'))

MANAGERS = ADMINS

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    'C:/server/web/static/',
)
STATIC_ROOT = 'C:/server/Apache2/htdocs/cdn/main/'
STATIC_URL = 'http://instancegaming.net:81/cdn/main/'
</code></pre>

<p>The console error loops on forever anytime I update the console log (for instance, pressing enter or doing <code>Ctrl+C</code>.)</p>

<p>When I go to <strong>canyouseeme.org</strong>, on port 80 when the server is running, it says <strong>it can see the service</strong>. Additionally, I have a clean Apache 2 server running on port <code>:81</code> that works completely fine both locally and remotely. Additionally, when I run a python script to simply check port 80, it gives the same (simplified) error as above. </p>

<p>Port checker script:</p>

<pre><code>    import socket
s = socket.socket()
address = '127.0.0.1' # or 192.168.0.47
port = 80  # port number is a number, not string
try:
    s.connect((address, port)) 
    # originally, it was 
    # except Exception, e: 
    # but this syntax is not supported anymore. 
except Exception as e: 
    print("something's wrong with %s:%d. Exception is %s" % (address, port, e))
finally:
    s.close()
</code></pre>

<p>Which returns the following,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Lastly, I've tried to make a clean <code>env</code> with Django hoping it would change something, but it to, a fresh, out of the box copy gave the exact same error.</p>