[web2py] Re: Lacking nginx deployment guide

[pbreit]

OK, here's my fab def() and nginx.conf (configured for one static directory 
in app "init"). You can either reproduce the steps manually as listed in the 
fabfile or put it in your fabfile (much easier!). If you're not familiar 
with Fabric, most commands are preceded with a "cd" command because each 
command is discrete and you cannot rely on staying in the same directory.

Credit: 
http://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/python-uwsgi/ubuntu-10.04-lucid

The two init.d files are:
https://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/installation/reference/init-deb.sh
https://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/python-uwsgi/reference/init-deb.sh 
 (must edit "OWNER=www-data")

=== fabfile.py ===
def setup_nginx():
    sudo('apt-get -y install build-essential psmisc python-dev libxml2 
libxml2-dev python-setuptools')
    sudo('cd /opt; wget 
http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-latest.tar.gz')
    sudo('cd /opt; tar -zxvf uwsgi*')
    sudo('mv /opt/uwsgi*/ /opt/uwsgi/')
    sudo('cd /opt/uwsgi/; python setup.py install')
    sudo('chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/uwsgi')
    sudo('touch /var/log/uwsgi.log')
    sudo('chown www-data /var/log/uwsgi.log')
    sudo('apt-get -y install libpcre3-dev build-essential libssl-dev')
    sudo('cd /opt; wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-0.8.54.tar.gz')
    sudo('cd /opt; tar -zxvf nginx*')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx*/; ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=nginx 
--group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx*/; make')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx*/; make install')
    sudo('adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login 
--disabled-password --group nginx')
    sudo('cp /opt/uwsgi*/nginx/uwsgi_params /opt/nginx/conf/uwsgi_params')
    put('init-nginx', '/etc/init.d/nginx')
    sudo('chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx')
    sudo('/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults')
    sudo('/etc/init.d/nginx start')  
    put('init-uwsgi', '/etc/init.d/uwsgi')
    sudo('chmod +x /etc/init.d/uwsgi')
    sudo("""echo 'PYTHONPATH=/var/web2py/
MODULE=wsgihandler' >> /etc/default/uwsgi""")
    sudo('/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f uwsgi defaults')
    sudo('/etc/init.d/uwsgi start')
    sudo('rm /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf')
    put('nginx.conf', '/opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx/conf; openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx/conf; openssl req -batch -new -key server.key -out 
server.csr')
    sudo('cd /opt/nginx/conf; openssl x509 -req -days 1780 -in server.csr 
-signkey server.key -out server.crt')
    sudo('/etc/init.d/nginx restart')

=== nginx.conf ===
user www-data;
worker_processes  4;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    keepalive_timeout  2;
    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;
    tcp_nodelay     on;
    gzip  on;
    
    # HTTP server
    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  "";

        location / {
            uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001;
            include uwsgi_params;
        }
        
        location /static {
            root /var/web2py/applications/init/;
        }
    }
    
    # HTTPS server
    server {
        listen       443;
        server_name  "";
        ssl                  on;
        ssl_certificate      /opt/nginx/conf/server.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key  /opt/nginx/conf/server.key;

        location / {
            uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001;
            include uwsgi_params;
        }
    }
}