flask run allows no way to run server on a unix socket

[stefanv]

In our webapp, we deploy on a unix socket. We'd like to be able to do the same while debugging (since nginx etc. is already configured to handle that).

[ThiefMaster]

I don't think this really belongs in the Flask dev server. I recommend using a tool like socat to forward a unix socket to the normal socket.

[davidism]

The debugger is just a WSGI middleware, you can wrap your app with it and run with uWSGI.

from werkzeug.debug import DebuggedApplication
app.debug = True
app.wsgi_app = DebuggedApplication(app.wsgi_app, evalex=True)

http://werkzeug.pocoo.org/docs/0.11/debug/#enabling-the-debugger

[plockaby]

Would you accept a pull request implementing unix sockets in the Flask dev server?

[davidism]

It's already merged in Werkzeug.

[plockaby]

You're saying that the ability to run the Flask dev server on a Unix socket is already in Werkzeug? I'm not finding that in the documentation.

[davidism]

It's merged, not released.

[plockaby]

That's fantastic. Thank you for the information. I look forward to it.