Moving from gunicorn to uwsgi in Dockerfile

Using uwsgi instead of gunicorn has some advantages, like having cronjobs and it’s configureable with an uwsgi.ini

[uwsgi]
http =  0.0.0.0:8000
master = True
processes = 8
threads = 2
module = <projectname>.wsgi
gid = www-data
uid = www-data
# Once an hour
cron = -0 -1 -1 -1 -1 python manage.py update_index
cron = -0 -1 -1 -1 -1 python manage.py publish_scheduled_pages
# Once a day
cron = -0 -0 -1 -1 -1 python manage.py search_garbage_collect

I can open a PR if you are interested in

[tomdyson]

Thanks @Speedy1991! I knew uwsgi could handle cronjobs but I didn’t realise that it could all be configured in a single file like this.

I don’t think we should switch from Gunicorn - our intention with the Dockerfile was to provide the simplest working template for Docker-based deployments, rather than an our opinion on best practices, which are often controversial and quickly outdated.

However, it would be great to take advantage of your expertise in this area. Would you consider one or more of

• submitting a PR to wagtail/bakerydemo
• submitting a PR to the Wagtail docs, e.g. a new Docker section in the Deployment page
• writing a blog post with a recipe for uwsgi config for Wagtail, either on your blog or on wagtail.io

?

[Speedy1991]

Forgot this issue - this will be the gist to follow: https://gist.github.com/Speedy1991/8d2783a90562e098c0d9220b260b13f8