3 ms·

If you put Apache or Nginx in front of it, why not leave out Gunicorn completely?

• deniska 5y ago
  Apache has mod_wsgi, nginx not so much. mod_wsgi is a much less flexible setup when it comes to mixing and matching different python versions
• samwillis 5y ago
  Python has an interface called WSGI (web server gateway interface), with both Apache and Nginx you need either a none standard module for that interface or to reverse proxy to a second server that does. So same number of moving parts either way.
  • TekMol 5y ago
    How is libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 "none standard"?
    • samwillis 5y ago
      I meant it’s not built in as standard when you install apache, it’s an extra thing to install (even if it runs in process).
• loloquwowndueo 5y ago
  Gunicorn is not just a static content server (actually I don’t think it can serve static content out of the box?) but a wsgi-compliant application server. You can’t leave it out because then, how would your python web backend run?
  • TekMol 5y ago
    For apache, there is libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 Seems easier to just "apt install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3" and put a "WSGIScriptAlias" directive into your apache config than to run another piece of software?