Start Django FastCGI automatically when OS X boots - django

Question

I have Django FastCGI/nginx working nicely on OS X. I start my FastCGI process from the terminal like so:
python manage.py runfcgi host=127.0.0.1 port=8000 --settings=settings
in my nginx.conf file I have:
server {
listen 8080;
server_name localhost;
location / {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8000;
I have nginx starting automatically using launchd as detailed here.
My question is: what is the correct approach to getting the FastCGI process to start automatically when the machine boots?
Thank you!

Answer 1

I would suggest using wsgi in this case, given that the wsgi process is fired by nginx vs it being a "stand-alone" process. A typical nginx and wsgi config:
myproject.wsgi:
#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import djangorecipe.wsgi
application = djangorecipe.wsgi.main('settings', logfile='/var/log/django/myproject.wsgi.log')
myproject.nginx.conf:
server {
listen 80;
server_name myproject.com;
# static resources
location ^~ /static/ {
alias /var/www/myproject/static/;
expires 31d;
}
wsgi_var REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
wsgi_var QUERY_STRING $query_string;
wsgi_var CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
wsgi_var CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
wsgi_var SERVER_NAME $server_name;
wsgi_var SERVER_PORT $server_port;
wsgi_var SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
# additional variables (not used if unavailable)
wsgi_var REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
wsgi_var DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
wsgi_var DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
wsgi_var SERVER_SOFTWARE $nginx_version;
wsgi_var REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
wsgi_var REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
wsgi_var SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
wsgi_var REMOTE_USER $remote_user;
location / {
client_body_buffer_size 50;
wsgi_pass /var/www/myproject/myproject.wsgi;
wsgi_pass_authorization off;
wsgi_script_reloading on;
wsgi_use_main_interpreter on;
}
# logging
access_log /var/log/nginx/myproject/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/myproject/error.log;
}