NginxPassengerPython

Dispatching Python (WSGI) via Passenger

This is confirmed to run under CentOS 5 and Debian 5.3 with Python 2.5 and Passenger 2.2.5 on Nginx 0.7.* and 0.8.27.

The full guide to install Passenger for Nginx can be seen here (http://kbeezie.com/view/using-python-nginx-passenger/). This method of using Passenger to run Python (WSGI) applications is a "proof of concept" feature of Passenger/Mod_rails (http://www.modrails.com). The Passenger Installer requires recompiling Nginx, configurations however are preserved.

Conventions

Passenger is enabled by adding these two lines to the http block (The Passenger Installer automatically adds these for you)

    passenger_root /path/to/libs/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/passenger-2.2.5;
    passenger_ruby /path/to/ruby;

Example server configuration to load a Python (WSGI) application.

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  localhost;
       root /opt/nginx/html/public/; 
       passenger_enabled on;
   }

Note

Ruby and RubyGems are required for Passenger to install.

The user manual for Passenger and Nginx can be found here (http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Nginx.html)