Django + nginx + uWSGI

I had to deploy a web application I just created using Django. I will describe the steps I followed.

1. Make sure you have you Django setted up correctly. I followed this guide.
2. Install uWSGI into your virtualenv:

   pip install uwsgi
   

3. Install nginx:

   sudo aptitude install nginx
   sudo service nginx start
   

4. Edit nginx.conf file (it is in /etc/nginx if you are using ubuntu), it should be something like this:

   upstream django {
    server unix:///path/to/your/mysite/mysite.sock;
   }
   
   server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
   
    server_name mysite.com;
   
    charset utf-8;
   
    # max upload size
    client_max_body_size 5M; # adjust to taste
   
    location /robots.txt {
    alias /path/to/your/mysite/robots.txt;
    }
   
    # Django media
    location /files {
    alias /path/to/your/mysite/files; # your Django project's media files - amend as required
    }
   
    location /static {
    alias /path/to/your/mysite/static; # your Django project's static files - amend as required
    }
   
    # Finally, send all non-media requests to the Django server.
    location / {
    uwsgi_pass django;
    include /path/to/your/mysite/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
    }
   }
   

   Make sure it matches your Django app settings.py configuration:

   PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
   MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'files')
   MEDIA_URL = '/files/'
   STATIC_ROOT = ''
   STATIC_URL = '/static/'
   

5. Configure you uWSGI .ini file:

   # mysite_uwsgi.ini file
   [uwsgi]
   
   # Django-related settings
   # the base directory (full path)
   chdir = /path/to/your/mysite
   # Django's wsgi file
   module = mysite.wsgi
   # the virtualenv (full path) .virtualenvs at home folder
   home = /path/to/your/mysitevirtualenv  
   
   # process-related settings
   # master
   master = true
   # maximum number of worker processes
   processes = 10
   # the socket (use the full path to be safe
   socket = /path/to/your/mysite.sock
   # ... with appropriate permissions - may be needed
   chmod-socket = 666
   # clear environment on exit
   vacuum = true
   lgger = syslog
   

6. Add uwsgi_params file to your project:

   uwsgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
   uwsgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
   uwsgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
   uwsgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
   
   uwsgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
   uwsgi_param PATH_INFO $document_uri;
   uwsgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
   uwsgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
   uwsgi_param HTTPS $https if_not_empty;
   
   uwsgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
   uwsgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
   uwsgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
   uwsgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
   

7. Run in emperor mode:

   # create a directory for the vassals
   sudo mkdir /etc/uwsgi
   sudo mkdir /etc/uwsgi/vassals
   # symlink from the default config directory to your config file
   sudo ln -s /path/to/your/mysite/mysite_uwsgi.ini /etc/uwsgi/vassals/
   /usr/local/bin/uwsgi --emperor /etc/uwsgi/vassals --uid www-data --gid www-data
   

   You can run the last command on screen or when the system starts.

And thats it, hope this can be helpful. You can find more info here.