In this tutorial we will learn how to configure nginx with django project in Ubuntu.
Here in this scenario I have already putted the Django Project code in /opt and before this I installed django from its source code.
Actually in this scenario the code was developed in staging machine and I moved it to live server.In your case it may be in your own server
Project Directory Location : /opt/myproject
Python Version : Python 2.x,
Django Version: 1.5.1
Follow the given below steps to move your project code in new server or /opt in same server
Download the django and install it
wget https://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/1.5/Django-1.5.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf Django-1.5.1.tar.gz cd Django-1.5.1 sudo python setup.py install
Now copy your project code to /opt (Python modules you have to install as per your project requirement) I transfer my project code through scp into new server and copied it to /opt
cp -rvf /root/myproject /opt
Follow the given below steps to configure with nginx
Step 1: Install nginx and python flup
apt-get -y install nginx python-flup
Step 2: Create a file in /etc/nginx/sites-available with the name
myproject.conf
vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject.conf server { listen 80; server_name ubuntu.example.com; charset utf-8; root /opt/myproject/; access_log /var/log/nginx/ubuntu.example.com.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/ubuntu.example.com.error.log; location / { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_pass ubuntu.example.com:8080; fastcgi_split_path_info ^()(.*)$; } location ~* .(ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png|svg|flv)(?[0-9]+)?$ { expires max; log_not_found off; } }
Step 3: Create a symlink to enable the new site
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myproject.conf
Step 4: Now run the fastcgi
Note: Python Version is 2.7
Here manage.py is main python file through which the project will run. Contact to your python developer and ask him to change the host url in file.
python /opt/myproject/manage.py runfcgi host=http://ubuntu.example.com port=8080
Step 5: Now restart the Nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx restart
Now open the web-browser and check the site.
in our scenario link was http://ubuntu.example.com