before proceeding I created a custom running application from webfaction panel, then pointed my domain to this application
*[ nginx install ]* wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-0.8.54.tar.gz tar xvxf nginx-0.8.54.tar.gz cd nginx-0.8.54 ./configure \ --prefix=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx \ --sbin-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/sbin/nginx \ --conf-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/nginx.conf \ --error-log-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/log/nginx/error.log \ --pid-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/run/nginx/nginx.pid \ --lock-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/lock/nginx.lock \ --with-http_ssl_module \ --with-http_flv_module \ --with-http_gzip_static_module \ --http-log-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/log/nginx/access.log \ --http-client-body-temp-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/tmp/nginx/client/ \ --http-proxy-temp-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/tmp/nginx/proxy/ \ --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/home/myuseronwebfaction/nginx/tmp/nginx/fcgi/ *[ nginx.conf ]* worker_processes 1; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { access_log /home/myuseronwebfaction/logs/user/access_appname.log combined; error_log /home/myuseronwebfaction/logs/user/error_appname.log crit; include mime.types; sendfile on; server { listen #port_for_custom_running_application; location / { include uwsgi_params; uwsgi_pass unix:///home/myuseronwebfaction/tmp/uwsgi.sock; } } } *[ web2py ]* wget http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_src.zip unzip web2py_src.zip python2.7 web2py.py #seems needed before using it *[ uwsgi ]* wget http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-0.9.7.tar.gz tar xvzf uwsgi-0.9.7.tar.gz cd uwsgi-0.9.7 make -f Makefile.Py27 mv uwsgi /home/myuseronwebfaction/bin *[ run commands ]* nginx uwsgi -s /home/myuseronwebfaction/tmp/uwsgi.sock --pythonpath /home/myuseronwebfaction/web2py --module wsgihandler -d /home/myuseronwebfaction/tmp/uwsgi.log -t 20 --async 256 --limit-as 64 -m -r --no-orphans uwsgi params explained http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Doc important params -d /home/myuseronwebfaction/tmp/uwsgi.log #daemon mode --async 256 #async instead of processes or threads, similar to greenlets --limit-as 64 #max memory allowed to consume in Mb now it consumes less than 25 Mb
