uwsgi yaml file

main.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, web, sys

sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))

urls = (
    r'/', 'Home',
)

class Home(object):
    def GET(self):
        return "Hello World"

app = web.application(urls, globals())
application = app.wsgifunc()

nginx.conf

http {
    ...

    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;

        location / {
            include uwsgi_params;
            uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/webpy.sock;
        }
    }

    ...
}

nginx.sh

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          nginx
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:     $all
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the nginx web server
# Description:       starts nginx using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/nginx/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
DESC=nginx

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include nginx defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/nginx ] ; then
        . /etc/default/nginx
fi

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
                --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
                /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
                /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload)
          echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
          start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile     /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
              --exec $DAEMON
          echo "$NAME."
          ;;
      *)
            N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
            echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac

    exit 0
                  

uwsgi.sh

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          uwsgi
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:     $all
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the uwsgi app server
# Description:       starts uwsgi app server using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/uwsgi

OWNER=uwsgi

NAME=uwsgi
DESC=uwsgi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include uwsgi defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/uwsgi ] ; then
        . /etc/default/uwsgi
fi

set -e

DAEMON_OPTS="-yaml /path/to/uwsgi.yaml"

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --chuid $OWNER:$OWNER --user $OWNER \
                --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --signal 3 --user $OWNER --quiet --retry 2 --stop \
                --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload)
        killall -1 $DAEMON
        ;;
  force-reload)
        killall -15 $DAEMON
       ;;
  restart)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --signal 3 --user $OWNER --quiet --retry 2 --stop \
                --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --user $OWNER --start --quiet --chuid $OWNER:$OWNER \
               --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  status)
        killall -10 $DAEMON
        ;;
      *)
            N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
            echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}" >&2
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
    exit 0

uwsgi.yaml

uwsgi:
  socket: /tmp/webpy.sock
  master: 1
  daemonize: /path/to/uwsgi.log
  wsgi-file: /path/to/main.py

These are some example files for how I got nginx, uWSGI and web.py working all together.