Nginx-uWSGI-Python

Configuration example to execute Python scripts via CGI through Nginx and uWSGI application server.

Execution model:

http[s]://<dns_prefix>.<domain>/<python_script>    ---->    Nginx (reverse proxy)    ---->    uWSGI (CGI)

Description of included files

• /nginx/XX-dns_prefix.conf => Nginx VHost template
• /python_scripts/deploy.py => Example Python script to execute
• /python_scripts/uwsgi => uWSGI binary compiled through curl http://uwsgi.it/install | bash -s cgi <abs_path_to_python_scripts_dir>/uwsgi command
• /python_scripts/uwsgi.ini=> uWSGI configuration file
• /systemd/uwsgi.service => Systemd service file for the uWSGI instance responsible for executing the Python scripts

Related Links

• Running CGI scripts on uWSGI
• Setting up Nginx and uWSGI for CGI scripting