django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module. | fresh gethue/hue:latest

[Basserado]

I just want to start a fresh docker-compose instance of hue, but I'm getting the following error:

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module. Did you install mysqlclient? Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/hue/build/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 15, in <module> import MySQLdb as Database ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb'

That happen since the latest image of gethue/hue:latest. Is it an image problem?

[Harshg999]

Hi @Basserado, most probably image is missing the mysqlclient package. Can you install it explicitly and see if that works for you?

[gitaramK]

I am also facing exact same issue

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb'
hue             |
hue             | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
hue             |
hue             | Traceback (most recent call last):
hue             |   File "/usr/share/hue/build/env/bin/hue", line 33, in <module>

[nikosheng]

I have created a PR and fixed the problem

[Harshg999]

We have removed the mysqlclient package from our requirements.txt because of licence issues.
mysqlclient is GPL licensed vs Hue which is Apache licensed.

Users can add the package explicitly if they want to have MySQL.

For Hue's database, you can alternatively use other database like postgres!
https://docs.gethue.com/administrator/installation/dependencies/#postgresql
https://docs.gethue.com/administrator/installation/dependencies/#macos (refer postgres steps)

[nikosheng]

Thanks for your update and notification