I have Django app that runs on VPS using Nginx + Uwsgi.
The Symlink nginx config
# the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
upstream django {
server unix:///root/ubergf/client/uwsgi_nginx.sock; # for a file socket
# server 127.0.0.1:8001; # for a web port socket (we'll use this first)
}
# configuration of the server
server {
# the port your site will be served on
listen 80;
# the domain name it will serve for
server_name my-site.com; # substitute your machine's IP address or FQDN
charset utf-8;
# max upload size
client_max_body_size 75M; # adjust to taste
# Django media
location /media {
alias /root/ubergf/client/media; # your Django project's media files - amend as required
}
location /static {
alias /root/ubergf/client/staticfiles; # your Django project's static files - amend as required
}
# Finally, send all non-media requests to the Django server.
location / {
uwsgi_pass django;
include /root/ubergf/client/deployment/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
}
}
uwsgi_params
uwsgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
uwsgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
uwsgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
uwsgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
uwsgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
uwsgi_param PATH_INFO $document_uri;
uwsgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
uwsgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
uwsgi_param REQUEST_SCHEME $scheme;
uwsgi_param HTTPS $https if_not_empty;
uwsgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
uwsgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
uwsgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
uwsgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;
ubergfapi_uwsgi.ini
uwsgi]
chdir = /root/ubergf/client
module = ubergfapi.wsgi
master = true
processes = 10
socket = /root/ubergf/client/uwsgi_nginx.sock
chmod-socket = 666
vacuum = true
env = DEBUG_MODE=False
When I run everything on port 8000 (change in Symlink nginx config) everything works fine (my_domain.com : 8000), but when I change it back to 80 - my_domain.com returns me Nginx default page.
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Hi @abuseofinnocent,
You’ll need to make your Nginx work as a reverse proxy. At the moment as far as I can see it’s not. Here is an example configuration file which uses connections to port 80 and uses a proxy to forward them to port 8000:
server {
listen 80;
server_name foobar.net www.foobar.net test.io www.test.io;
location / {
proxy_pass http://your_server_ip:8000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
You can add this in your configuration of the server block in your config.
Don’t forget to change foobar.net with your actual domain and proxy_pass http://your_server_ip:8000; with your IP Address.
Regards, KFSys
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