I'm also not a sysadmin, but I did go through the process of setting up web2py on webfaction recently as well. I also found that script but it seemed to be overly complicated. In particular, there is no need to download, build & run nginx, as you can use webfaction's instance. If there is an advantage to running your own I'd be curious to hear about it. Simplified steps I followed:
1. download & build latest uwsgi 2. download & unpack latest web2py 3. set up a "custom app" using webfaction's control panel, taking note of the port 4. run the uwsgi binary, specifying parameters in the command line. For the socket parameter use 127.0.0.1 and the port webfaction assigned for your custom app. There are a few other posts in this group about selecting good uwsgi parameters so that you don't run out of memory (seems to be a common pitfall on webfaction) Hope that's useful. Neil On Monday, December 17, 2012 6:53:31 AM UTC, HittingSmoke wrote: > > I've been learning web2py on Webfaction off and on for a while now. The > web2py install script on the Webfaction wiki is quite outdated and runs on > an Apache instance that can barely stay within the default memory limits > without serious tweaking. Responsiveness with web2py/apache out of the box > with the default install script is unimpressive as well. > > A while back I tried a lighttpd setup with web2py on Webfaction. The > memory usage went way down and responsiveness was better but the web server > was quite unstable. I found myself having to restart it constantly and I > couldn't track down the cause of the breakages. After the host upped the > default RAM limit on CentOS6 systems to 256MB things got better as it made > Apache more manageable on custom installs but it still sucked overall. > > So I found an install script for nginx/uWSGI on the WF community support > forum<http://community.webfaction.com/questions/7193/install-web2py-with-nginx-and-uwsgi>but > it was horribly outdated and had multiple issues pointed out in the > comments that went unfixed. I spent a couple hours today fixing the ignored > errors, updating it to the latest nginx and uwsgi versions and fixing the > errors which that brought on. After getting it working my RAM usage has > decreased and responsiveness of my web2py apps has noticeably increased. I > figured I'd share the script for anyone interested. > > I'm not a sysadmin, more of a hobbyist so any critique of my server > configs here are greatly welcome. Please note that the comments are not > mine. I merely updated the parts of the script that were required for it to > work. All else was left as-is. > > Also, if anyone with knowledge of XML-RPC want's to make an actual > Webfaction install > script<https://docs.webfaction.com/xmlrpc-api/tutorial.html> for > nginx/uwsgi/web2py that would be awesome. It could be added to the script > wiki. > > #!/bin/sh > > > # TODO's: > # * find free port for communication for nginx and uwsgi > # * test conjob creation properly > > > echo 'Install script for nginx (1.2.6), uwsgi (1.4.3) and web2py (latest > stable)' > echo 'If you wish to create cronjobs comment out the last lines of this > script' > > > # port betweet nginx and uwsgi > nginx_uwsgi_port=9001 > > > # Get web2py admin password > echo "Web2py admin password:" > read web2py_password > > > # Get webfaction application name > echo "Webfaction application name:" > read webfaction_app_name > > > # Get webfaction port number > echo "Webfaction application port:" > read webfaction_app_port > > > # port betweet nginx and uwsgi > echo "Port number for communication between nginx and uswgi (eg. 9001):" > read nginx_uwsgi_port > > > ### > ### web2py > ### > cd ~/webapps/${webfaction_app_name} > wget http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_src.zip > unzip web2py_src.zip > rm web2py_src.zip > cd web2py > python -c "from gluon.main import save_password; > save_password('${web2py_password}',${webfaction_app_port})" > cd .. > > > ### > ### nginx > ### > mkdir downs > cd downs > > > # download and install nginx in the appname directory > wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.6.tar.gz > tar xvf nginx-1.2.6.tar.gz > cd nginx-1.2.6 > > > ./configure \ > --prefix=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx \ > --sbin-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/sbin/nginx > \ > --conf-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/nginx.conf > \ > --error-log-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/log/ > error.log \ > --pid-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/run/nginx.pid > \ > --lock-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/lock/ > nginx.lock \ > --with-http_gzip_static_module \ > --http-log-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/log/ > access.log \ > --http-client-body-temp-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name > }/nginx/tmp/client/ \ > --http-proxy-temp-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/ > nginx/tmp/proxy/ \ > --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/ > nginx/tmp/fcgi/ > make && make install > cd .. > > > # configure nginx > cd .. > mkdir nginx/tmp > mkdir nginx/tmp/client > cd nginx > > > echo " > worker_processes 2; > > > events { > worker_connections 1024; > } > > > http { > access_log /home/${USER}/logs/user/access_appname.log combined; > error_log /home/${USER}/logs/user/error_appname.log crit; > > > include mime.types; > client_max_body_size 5m; > default_type application/octet-stream; > gzip_static on; > gzip_vary on; > sendfile on; > tcp_nodelay on; > > > server { > listen ${webfaction_app_port}; > location ~* /(\w+)/static/ { > root > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/web2py/applications/; > } > location / { > uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:${nginx_uwsgi_port}; > include uwsgi_params; > } > } > } > " > nginx.conf > > > echo "#!/bin/sh > kill -s QUIT \$( cat > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/run/nginx.pid ) > " > stop > chmod +x stop > > > # start nginx > ./sbin/nginx -c /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/nginx. > conf > cd .. > > > ### > ### uwsgi > ### > mkdir uwsgi > cd downs > > > # download and install uwsgi in the appname directory > wget http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-1.4.3.tar.gz > tar xvf uwsgi-1.4.3.tar.gz > > > cd uwsgi-1.4.3 > make -f Makefile > cp uwsgi ../../uwsgi/ > > > cd ../../uwsgi > echo "<uwsgi> > <socket>127.0.0.1:${nginx_uwsgi_port}</socket> > <workers>4</workers> > <no-orphans/> > > <pythonpath>/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/web2py</pythonpath> > > <pidfile>/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.pid</pidfile> > > <daemonize>/home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.log</daemonize> > <module>wsgihandler</module> > <master/> > <memory-report/> > </uwsgi>" > uwsgi.xml > > > echo "#!/bin/sh > kill -s QUIT \$( cat > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.pid ) > " > stop > chmod +x stop > > > # start uwsgi > ./uwsgi -x /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.xml > cd .. > > > ### > ### cleanup > ### > rm -rf downs > > > ## > ## create start/stop scripts > ## > echo "#!/bin/sh > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/sbin/nginx -c > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/nginx.conf > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi -x > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.xml > " > start > chmod +x start > > > echo "#!/bin/sh > kill -s QUIT \$( cat > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.pid ) > kill -s QUIT \$( cat > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/run/nginx.pid ) > " > stop > chmod +x stop > > > ### > ### create cronjobs > ### > > > #nginx_cron="10,30,50 * * * * > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/sbin/nginx -c > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/nginx/nginx.conf" > #(crontab -l; echo "$nginx_cron" ) | crontab - > # > #uwsgi_cron="10,30,50 * * * * > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi -x > /home/${USER}/webapps/${webfaction_app_name}/uwsgi/uwsgi.xml" > #(crontab -l; echo "$uwsgi_cron" ) | crontab - > > > --
