freebsdpythonfcgi.rst

FreeBSD Python FCGI Init Script

#!/bin/sh
#### Script wrote by Jose Amengual
# PROVIDE: python fcgi start up script

. /etc/rc.subr

name="python_fcgi"
rcvar=${name}_enable

project_path="/path_to_your_python_project/code/foo"
pidfile=/var/run/python-fcgi.pid

load_rc_config ${name}

# add python_fcgi_enable="YES" to rc.conf
[ -z "$python_fcgi_enable" ]      && python_fcgi_enable="NO"

command=/usr/local/bin/python
# change maxchildren, maxspare, minspare to whatever you need
command_args="${project_path}/manage.py runfcgi maxchildren=10 maxspare=5 minspare=2 \
method=prefork socket=/tmp/python_fcgi.sock pidfile=${pidfile} --pythonpath=${project_path}"

deqq_client_stop() {
    echo "Stopping $name."
    pids=`cat /var/run/python_fcgi.pid`
    kill ${pids}
    wait_for_pids $pids
}

run_rc_command "$1"
# changing permission the the socket so nginx can talk to it
chown www:www /tmp/python_fcgi.sock