VPS Configuration with Gunicorn + Nginx

VPS_Config.md

Setting up a Python[Django/Flask] on VPS

Personal Deployment Guide - Tanjim Reza - 02-08-2023

• Must Create Project Dir in /home/projectname

• Project Root -> /home/projectname/htdocs/subdomain.domain.com

• Nginx | VHost | /etc/nginx/sites-available/projectname

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    {{ssl_certificate_key}}
    {{ssl_certificate}}
    server_name subdomain.domain.com www.subdomain.domain.com;

    location / {
        include proxy_params;
        proxy_pass http://unix:/home/projectname/htdocs/subdomain.domain.com/projectname.sock;
    }
}

• Create python3 venv env

  • pip install gunicorn
  • pip install whitenoise

• Project Service for AutoStartup | /etc/systemd/system/projectname.service

[Unit]
Description=Gunicorn for projects
After=network.target

[Service]
User=root
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/home/projectname/htdocs/subdomain.domain.com
Environment="PATH=/home/projectname/htdocs/subdomain.domain.com/env/bin"
ExecStart=/home/projectname/htdocs/subdomain.domain.com/env/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind unix:usus.sock --umask 007 DjangoProjectName.wsgi:app

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• Project Gunicorn Status Check

  • sudo systemctl start projectname
  • sudo systemctl enable projectname
  • sudo systemctl status projectname
  • ** Ignore static errors **

• Symlink for Nginx Server Config

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

• Restart Processes

  • sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  • sudo systemctl restart projectname
  • sudo systemctl restart nginx