This script executes the uwsgi command needed to deploy the Django app for example for Nginx.

uwsgi.sh

#!/bin/bash
# uwsgi.sh: This script executes the uwsgi command needed to deploy the Django app for example for Nginx.
# The only things needed that have to be changed are the PYTHON_PATH and WSGI_CONF_NAME variables
# NOTE: The script must be inside the Django project(root folder)
#
# Author: Xabier Larrakoetxea (slok) <slok69@gmail.com>
#
# License: This script is in public domain.


#MODIFY THIS!
PYTHON_PATH=/var/www/nginx
WSGI_CONF_NAME=django.wsgi

#Get the current dir name (last part)
CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)

if [ $SCRIPT_DIR = '.' ]
then
SCRIPT_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR"
fi

SCRIPT_DIR=`basename $SCRIPT_DIR`
#SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR##*/}

#Used variables
NAME=$SCRIPT_DIR
SOCKET=/tmp/uwsgi-$NAME.sock
PROJECT_DIR=$PYTHON_PATH/$NAME 
WSGI_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$WSGI_CONF_NAME
PID=/tmp/uwsgi-$NAME.pid
LOG_FILE=/tmp/uwsgi-$NAME.log

#command
uwsgi --chdir $PROJECT_DIR \
    --processes 1 \
    --chmod-socket \
    --socket $SOCKET \
    --wsgi-file $WSGI_FILE \
    --pythonpath $PYTHON_PATH \
    --pidfile $PID \
    --daemonize $LOG_FILE \
    --harakiri 20 \
    --master \
    --vacuum \
    --max-requests=5000 \
    --memory-report \
    --sharedarea 4 
    #--limit-as=128 \
    #--module='django.core.handlers.wsgi:WSGIHandler()' \   #We don't need if we had wsgi config file
    #--env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings \                #We don't need if we had wsgi config file
    #--home=/path/to/virtual/env \                          # optionnal path to a virtualenv

echo "--------------------------------------"
echo "UWSGI STARTED FOR $NAME DJANGO PROJECT"
echo ""
echo "Socket path: $SOCKET"
echo "Log path: $LOG_FILE"
echo "PID: `cat $PID`"
echo ""

<<EXPLANATION
uwsgi --chdir $PROJECT_DIR \        #Change dir before startint uwsgi
    --processes 5 \                 # number of worker processes
    --chmod-socket \                # set socket to 666
    --sharedarea 4 \                # create a shared memory area of 4 pages 
    --memory-report \               # enable memory usage report
    --socket $SOCKET \              # the new openned socket
    --wsgi-file $WSGI_FILE \        # conf wsgi file
    --pythonpath $PYTHON_PATH \     # add the to PYTHONPATH
    --master \                      # enable master process manager
    --pidfile $PID \                # Our PID number (file)
    --daemonize $LOG_FILE           # we want to run as a Daemon (Log file)
    --harakiri 20 \                 # respawn processes taking more than 20 seconds
    --vacuum \                      # clear environment on exit
    --limit-as=128 \                # limit the project to 128 Megabytes
    --max-requests=5000             # respawn processes after serving 5000 requests
    #--module='django.core.handlers.wsgi:WSGIHandler()' \   #We don't need if we had wsgi config file
    #--env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings \                #We don't need if we had wsgi config file
    #--home=/path/to/virtual/env \                          # optionnal path to a virtualenv
EXPLANATION