Gunicorn
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| Original author(s) | Benoit Chesneau |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Gunicorn Developers |
| Initial release | 20 February 2010 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Web server |
| License | MIT License |
The Gunicorn "Green Unicorn" (pronounced jee-unicorn or gun-i-corn)[1] is a Python Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) HTTP server. It is a pre-fork worker model, ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. The Gunicorn server is broadly compatible with a number of web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resources and fairly fast.[2] It is often paired with NGINX, as the two have complementary features.[3]
Architecture
Server model [4]
- Central master process to manage the workers
- Requests are handled by worker processes
- Components:
- Master
- Sync workers
- Async workers
- Tornado workers
- AsyncIO workers
Features
- Natively supports WSGI, web2py, Django and Paster
- Automatic worker process management
- Simple Python configuration
- Multiple worker configurations
- Various server hooks for extensibility
- Compatible with Python 2.6+ and Python 3.2+[5]
See also
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