Deploy your Server (without docker)¶

Once you have successfully tested your LocalCosmos Private Server in development mode, you can deploy your server and make it accessible for the public. This tutorial covers deployment of Local Cosmos Private Server using nginx, uwsgi and Ubuntu 18.04.

1. Make your django application ready¶

1.1 Update settings.py¶

Add your Domain name, in this example localcosmos-private.org, to ALLOWED_HOSTS in your settings.py file. Also set DEBUG to False.

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localcosmos-private.org']

DEBUG = False

1.2 Check the application¶

Run the development server once to check if there are errors

cd /opt/localcosmos
source venv/bin/activate
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

If you installed the Demo App (Trees Of Bavaria), you have to remove it before continuing. The Demo App is not configured to run with a deployed Local Cosmos Private Server. Go to http://localhost:8080/server/control-panel/ and remove the App.

If there are no errors, stop the development server and continue.

1.3 Clean urls.py¶

Remove the development lines from urls.py

# remove these lines after development
#if settings.DEBUG:
#       from django.conf.urls.static import static
#       urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

2. uwsgi¶

2.1 Install uwsgi¶

If still active, deactivate your virtual environment. We have to install uwsgi system-wide and not inside the virtual environment.

deactivate

Install uwsgi using pip:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo -H pip3 install uwsgi

2.2 Create uwsgi.ini¶

First, create a uwsgi folder where all the uwsgi stuff will go

cd /opt/localcosmos
mkdir uwsgi

Create the file localcosmos_private_uwsgi.ini in /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/

cd /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/
touch localcosmos_private_uwsgi.ini

and put the following in it:

# localcosmos_private_uwsgi.ini file
[uwsgi]

# Django-related settings

# the base directory (full path)
chdir           = /opt/localcosmos/localcosmos_private

# Django's wsgi file
module          = localcosmos_private.wsgi:application

# the virtualenv (full path)
home            = /opt/localcosmos/venv

# process-related settings
# master
master          = true
# maximum number of worker processes
processes       = 10

# the socket (use the full path to be safe)
socket          = /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/socket/localcosmos-private.sock

# ... with appropriate permissions - may be needed
chmod-socket    = 666

# clear environment on exit
vacuum          = true

daemonize               = /var/log/uwsgi/localcosmos-private.log

2.3 Prepare the socket¶

The socket localcosmos-private.sock will automatically be created. Therefore, we need a folder www-data can write into.

cd /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi
mkdir socket
# set permissions
sudo chgrp www-data /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/socket

2.4 Get uwsgi_params¶

cd /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nginx/nginx/master/conf/uwsgi_params

2.5 Logging¶

sudo mkdir /var/log/uwsgi
sudo chown <server-user>:www-data /var/log/uwsgi

3. Configure nginx¶

3.1 Create nginx conf file¶

First you have to create an nginx configuration file. Best practice is to name the file after the domain. For this tutorial we assume the domain is localcosmos-private.org, so we create the file localcosmos-private.org.conf. Adjust the filename according to the domain name you will use for your Local Cosmos Private Server.

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available
sudo touch localcosmos-private.org.conf

Now put the following code into this file.

# localcosmos-private.org.conf

# the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
upstream django {
        # according to recommendations, we use a file socket
        server unix:///opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/socket/localcosmos-private.sock;
}

# configuration of the server
server {

        # the port your site will be served on
        listen      80;

        # the domain name it will serve for
        server_name localcosmos-private.org;

        charset     utf-8;

        # max upload size
        client_max_body_size 75M;   # adjust to taste

        # serve django media files according to settings.py
        location /media  {
                alias /var/www/localcosmos/media;
        }

        # serve django static files according to settings.py
        location /static {
                alias /var/www/localcosmos/static;
        }

        # pass /server to django
        location /server {
                uwsgi_pass  django;
                include     /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/uwsgi_params;
        }

        # pass /app-admin to django
        location /app-admin {
                uwsgi_pass  django;
                include     /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/uwsgi_params;
        }

        # pass /api to django
        location /api {
                uwsgi_pass  django;
                include     /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/uwsgi_params;
        }

        # (optional) the app you are going to install at a later point

        location / {
                alias /var/www/localcosmos/apps/<APP_UID>/www/;
                try_files $uri $uri/index.html;
        }
}

3.2 Make your site available¶

Create the symlink to localcosmos-private.org.conf in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/localcosmos-private.org.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

3.3 Collect static files¶

Create the folder localcosmos in /var/www with the correct permissions, if it does not exist yet. Replace <server_user> with your username on your server.

cd /var/www
sudo mkdir localcosmos
sudo chown <serveruser>:www-data localcosmos

# if not yet active, activate the virtual environment
cd /opt/localcosmos
source venv/bin/activate

# collect static files
cd localcosmos_private
python manage.py collectstatic

# deactivate virtualenv
deactivate

3.4 Reload nginx¶

sudo service nginx reload

Test your uwsgi setup using this command.

/usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/localcosmos_private_uwsgi.ini --uid www-data --gid www-data

Now open http://YOUR_DOMAIN.org/server/control-panel/ in a browser and check if it works.

On some installations you have to remove default from sites-enabled (NOT sites-available !!)

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
sudo rm default
sudo service nginx reload

3.5 Make uwsgi startup when the system boots¶

Create the file /etc/rc.local if it does not exist yet.

sudo touch /etc/rc.local
sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local

Put the following in it:

#!/bin/sh -e
# rc.local

/usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini /opt/localcosmos/uwsgi/localcosmos_private_uwsgi.ini --uid www-data --gid www-data

exit 0

That’s it! You now have a fully working Local Cosmos Private Server!

4. Troubleshooting¶

Check /var/log/nginx/error.log
Check /var/log/uwsgi/localcosmos-private.log
Read https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Django_and_nginx.html