upstart configuration for gunicorn

gunicorn-projectname.conf

description "upstart configuration for gunicorn"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

exec /home/jamie/.virtualenvs/projectname/bin/gunicorn_django -c /home/jamie/code/projectname/gunicorn.py /home/jamie/code/projectname/settings/production.py

gunicorn.py

# gunicorn config file

pidfile = '/tmp/gunicorn_projectname.pid'
debug = True
proc_name = 'projectname' # requires setproctitle module to be installed
workers = 2
bind = '0.0.0.0:8001'
logfile = '/home/jamie/code/projectname/gunicorn.log'
loglevel = 'debug'

Paths are (obviously) anonymised - put your logfile and pidfile in sensible places.

How about adding setuid to your user? Upstart runs as root by default.