Config File

Describing a Configuration File

• There is a list of settings for Gunicorn
• Some of these settings are only usable in a configuration file
• Some of these settings have CLI counterparts as well
• They can be specified using environment variable GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS
• The following is an example including --bind:

$ GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS="--bind=127.0.0.1" gunicorn app:app

Describing the config Setting

• The setting in the configuration file is:

  • config

• The setting in the CLI can be:

  • c CONFIG`
  • Or --config CONFIG
• This setting specifies a Gunicorn config file

• The CONFIG file can be formatted as any of the following:

  • PATH
  • file:PATH
  • python:MODULE_NAME
• The config gile can be a .py or .ini file

Example of the config Setting

• A .py configuration file can be defined as:

# config.py
>>> timeout = 120

• We can specify it using the -c flag:

$ gunicorn -c config.py ...

• Or we can specify the timeout setting using the CLI:

$ gunicorn --timeout 120 ...

References

• Gunicorn Documentation
• Example of Specifying the Configuration File