Re: [IBMiOSS] Python WSGI Server -- OPENSOURCE

Gunicorn runs the WSGI HTTP server, but typically you'll want to run
Apache or NGINX ahead of that. This gives some benefits:

- Apache / NGINX are really fast at serving static files, much better than
having Python/Gunicorn do this
- Apache / NGINX have built-in facilities for using TLS/SSL, while doing
so in Gunicorn is a pain
- You can load balance across multiple Gunicorn instances from one web
server. This is more used in scale-out solutions, so not much of a benefit
on IBM i where most people scale-up instead.
Additionally, there's more info here:
[1]https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8739871/why-does-unicorn-need-to-be-deployed-together-with-nginx/36954749#36954749
(While that answer talks about Unicorn ruby application server, the
Gunicorn Python application server is based on the same philosophies.)

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Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 11:05 AM

Kevin ... What is the purpose of the reverse proxy in this setup?

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Kevin Adler
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Subject: Re: [IBMiOSS] Python WSGI Server

   The IBM i version of Apache does not ship with mod_wsgi so you'd have
to
   build it yourself and I don't think that's possible.

   We typically recommend using [1][2]https://gunicorn.org/  with a
reverse proxy
   (can be done from Apache or NGINX). I wrote a STRTCPSVR plugin for
   Gunicorn at

[2][3]https://github.com/OSSILE/OSSILE/tree/master/main/c_gunicorn_server ;.


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   Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 10:28 AM

   We have a student group doing a Python based dashboard for us. I'm
   getting the IBMi ready for a Flask based app so, I need a WSGI
   container. This is new to me. It seems there are a variety of
options
   including mod_wsgi for Apache.

   Two questions ...
   1) Could anyone who has configured a WSGI container on the IBMi
describe
   for me what they used and, possibly, provide some links to
   configuration?
   2) Does anyone know of a good instruction set for configuring
mod_wsgi
   in Apache on the IBMi?

   We already use Apache for some web applications so, I'm leaning
that
   directions. That said, I'm open to information about "better"
options
   and why they might be preferable.

   Thanks.

   Quintin Holmberg
   Director of IT
   Dayton Rogers Manufacturing Co.
   qholmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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