How To Set Up Django with Nginx in CentOS and RedHat 7
Install the packages from NGINX repository
Create repository file under yum repository directory. Use you favorite text or file editor such as nano, vi and etc. In this example, I am going to use “vim”.
In addition, I am using direct root user. You may need to use “sudo”, if your account is a sudoer user.
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repoAdd following contents to enable nginx repository.
[nginx-stable]
name=nginx stable repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true
[nginx-mainline]
name=nginx mainline repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=trueBy default, the repository for stable nginx packages is used. In case you need to use mainline nginx packages instead, you may run the below command;
yum-config-manager --enable nginx-mainlineInstall nginx.
yum install nginxConfigure NGINX
If you need to run nginx with different user aside from nginx user account. You need to change nginx.conf file and modify user.
vim /etc/nginx/nginx.confIn this example, I change “user” to root instead of nginx.
user root;
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
sendfile on;
#tcp_nopush on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
#gzip on;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}
I have set listening port to 8080 with IP address of 192.168.1.210. Below configuration will be accessible via browser via http://192.168.1.210:8080.
You need to indicate your website’s directory. In this example, it is /var/www/myproject.
vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
server {
listen 8080;
server_name 192.168.1.210;
location = /favicon.ico {
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
alias /var/www/myproject/favicon.ico;
}
location /static/ {
root /var/www/myproject;
}
location / {
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_pass http://unix:/run/myproject.sock;
}
}
systemctl enable nginxsystemctl restart nginxCreate systemctl service file
Create service file under /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants directory.
cd /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vim myproject.service[Unit]
Description=gunicorn daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/myproject
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn --access-logfile - --workers 3 --bind unix:/run/myproject.sock myproject
.wsgi:application
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
systemctl enable myproject.servicesystemctl start myproject.service