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How to use Django with uWSGI
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============================
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.. highlight:: bash
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uWSGI_ is a fast, self-healing and developer/sysadmin-friendly application
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container server coded in pure C.
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It also provides a fast `caching framework`_ but its documentation is not the
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purpose of this document.
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.. _uWSGI: http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/
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.. _caching framework: http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/CachingFramework
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Prerequisite: uWSGI
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===================
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The wiki describes several `installation procedures`_. Using pip, the python
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package manager, installing any uWSGI version can be done with one command
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line. For example::
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# install current stable version
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pip install uwsgi
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# or install LTS (long term support)
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pip install http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-lts.tar.gz
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.. _installation procedures: http://projects0.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Install
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Prerequisite: general concept
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=============================
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uWSGI model
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-----------
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uWSGI operates on a client-server model. Your Web server (ie. nginx, Apache)
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communicates with a django-uwsgi "worker" process to serve dynamic contents.
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The Web server can communicate with the uWSGI process either:
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* directly by the uWSGI protocol through a socket created by uWSGI,
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* or by proxying HTTP requests to the minimalist HTTP server built in uWSGI.
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In the first case: the Web server can do uWSGI protocol (often with a
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module). It can then use either a Unix domain socket (a "named pipe" on Win32
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systems), or it can use a TCP socket. What you choose is a matterr of
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preference. Usually, a TCP socket is easier because connecting to a port
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doesn't require special permissions.
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In the second case, the Web server doesn't need to do uWSGI protocol. It just
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needs to be able to proxy HTTP requests to the HTTP server built-in uWSGI.
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The procedure is the same than proxying any HTTP server. Note that the Web
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server is a "reverse proxy" in this case.
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Configuring the uWSGI server
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----------------------------
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In any case, when you set up your Web server, you'll just need to point its
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uwsgi or proxy module to the host/port or socket you specified when starting
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the uWSGI server.
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.. admonition:: Choosing the socket
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The easiest is to set the socket to a high level (>49152) local port like
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127.0.0.1:49152. If the socket is a file, the system administrator must
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ensure that the Web server process has read, write and execute privileges
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on that file.
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uWSGI is highly configurable and thus there are many ways to start the
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process. For example, uwsgi version 0.9.6.8 provides a hundred switches.
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This guide demonstrates the most important of them, but does not intent to
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substitute the official manual and online documentation.
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uWSGI supports configuration through:
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* environment variables
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* command line switches
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* ldap
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* ini files
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* xml files
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* yaml files
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Managing the uWSGI server
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-------------------------
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The system administrator controls the worker process pool by sending signals
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to the master process. For example, the unix kill command sends such signals.
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uWSGI can write the master process id to a "pidfile". A "pidfile" is a plain
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text file containing just a process id.
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Starting the server
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-------------------
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Starting an uWSGI server is the role of the system administrator, like
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starting the Web server. It is *not* the role of the Web server to start the
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uWSGI server. This means:
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* the uWSGI server can be restarted or reloaded independently from the Web
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server,
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* (except with Cheerokee), it is the role of the system administrator to make
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uWSGI to start on boot or reboot: either through tools like supervisor or
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daemontools, either directly at init level in a file like /etc/rc.local or
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/etc/conf.d/local
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Managing uWSGI
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==============
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Starting the server
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-------------------
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Example command line for a Web server that understand the uWSGI protocol::
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uwsgi --chdir=/path/to/your/project
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--module='django.core.handlers.wsgi:WSGIHandler()' \
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--env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings \
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--master --pidfile=/tmp/project-master.pid \
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--socket=127.0.0.1:49152 \ # can also be a file
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--processes=5 \ # number of worker processes
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--uid=1000 --gid=2000 \ # if root, uwsgi can drop privileges
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--harakiri=20 \ # respawn processes taking more than 20 seconds
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--limit-as=128 \ # limit the project to 128 Megabytes
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--max-requests=5000 \ # respawn processes after serving 5000 requests
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--vacuum \ # clear environment on exit
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--home=/path/to/virtual/env \ # optionnal path to a virtualenv
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--daemonize=/var/log/uwsgi/yourproject.log # background the process
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Django specific options are:
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* ``chdir``: should be the path to your project
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* ``module``: uwsgi module to use
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* ``pythonpath``: optional path to your project virtualenv
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* ``env``: should contain at least ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE``
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Example ini configuration file::
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[uwsgi]
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chdir=/path/to/your/project
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master=True
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pidfile=/tmp/project-master.pid
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vacuum=True
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max-requests=5000
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deamonize=/var/log/uwsgi/yourproject.log
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Example ini configuration file usage::
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uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini
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Read more `uWSGI configuration examples
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<http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Example>`_.
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.. admonition:: Massive application hosting
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`uWSGI emperor <http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Emperor>`_ is a special
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uWSGI process that can manage many master processes at once.
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Reloading the daemon
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As mentioned above, the uWSGI master process is one of the core component of
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the uWSGI stack. The signal to brutally reload all the workers and the master
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process is SIGTERM. Example command to brutally reload the uWSGI processes::
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kill -TERM `cat /tmp/project-master.pid`
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Patching the daemon
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One of the great advantages of uWSGI is its ability to gradually restart each
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worker without loosing any request.
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For example, uWSGI can be signaled that worker should reload the code after
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handling their current request (if any) from bash::
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# using kill to send the signal
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kill -HUP `cat /tmp/project-master.pid`
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# if uwsgi was started with --touch-reload=/tmp/somefile
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touch /tmp/somefile
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Or from Python::
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uwsgi.reload()
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Stopping the daemon
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If you have the process running in the foreground, it's easy enough to stop it:
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Simply hitting ``Ctrl-C`` will stop and quit the uWSGI server. However, when
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you're dealing with background processes, you'll need to resort to the Unix
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``kill`` command.
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The ``kill`` is used to send a signal to the uWSGI master process. The
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`uWSGI signals are documented online
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<http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/uWSGISignals>`_. Example command to
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completely stop the uWSGI stack::
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kill -INT `cat /tmp/project-master.pid`
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HTTP server configuration
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Nginx setup
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Nginx provides the `uwsgi module <http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpUwsgiModule>`_ by
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default since nginx 0.8.40. Configuring Nginx to use an uWSGI server is as
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simple as setting it up to proxy requests::
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location / {
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uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:49152;
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# in case of a socket file:
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# uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/yourproject.sock;
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}
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Note that default uwsgi parameters should be included somewhere in your Nginx
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configuration. For example::
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http {
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include uwsgi_params;
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# [...] normal nginx configuration here
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}
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Cherokee setup
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Cherokee setup is documented in the `official Cherokee uWSGI documentation
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<http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/cookbook_uwsgi.html>`_.
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Lighttpd setup
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`Lighttpd uwsgi module <http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/RunOnLighttpd>`_ is
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still experimental.
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Troubleshooting
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===============
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As usual, the first things to do is to check the logs. This implies:
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* the web server log, which will indicate if it couldn't connect to the uWSGI
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process,
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* the uWSGI log, which will indicate if an exception was thrown.
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Typical gotchas:
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* If the socket is a file, the Web server process should have read, write and
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execute permissions on the socket file. The ``--chmod-socket`` option can do
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it.
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* In some cases, for instance if uWSGI was started without ``--vacuum`` or
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killed with ``SIGKILL``, it won't remove the socket and pidfile when it is
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interrupted. It is safe to remove them manually and to start uWSGI again in
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that case.
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* uWSGI can start the process on the foreground, this will make errors easily
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visible to the system administrator.
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