Understanding uWSGI in the context of PHP
I have worked mostly with PHP and to some extent with Java. And currently looking at Python and Django. When a Django project is deployed on production, it is required to choose one of servers that implement wsgi specification.
The definition is pretty straight forward as well as history. Looking back at php world I don't see a parallel with wsgi and that creates some confusion and probably an opportunity to learn more about it.
So the questions is what makes python application special that they require (frameworks as well as servers) to implement wsgi specification ?
Do we have similar specification for php ? any reasons for having/having not ? Probably a unique issue with python ? however, I see we can use uWSGI with php applications also.
Is wsgi is something similar to Java Servlet specification ? and uWSGI server is like Tomcat i.e Application Server.
If we consider a wsgi server as Application Server, what services it does provide e.g manage security, transaction processing, resource pooling, and messaging or more/all of them ?
java php django wsgi application-server
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I have worked mostly with PHP and to some extent with Java. And currently looking at Python and Django. When a Django project is deployed on production, it is required to choose one of servers that implement wsgi specification.
The definition is pretty straight forward as well as history. Looking back at php world I don't see a parallel with wsgi and that creates some confusion and probably an opportunity to learn more about it.
So the questions is what makes python application special that they require (frameworks as well as servers) to implement wsgi specification ?
Do we have similar specification for php ? any reasons for having/having not ? Probably a unique issue with python ? however, I see we can use uWSGI with php applications also.
Is wsgi is something similar to Java Servlet specification ? and uWSGI server is like Tomcat i.e Application Server.
If we consider a wsgi server as Application Server, what services it does provide e.g manage security, transaction processing, resource pooling, and messaging or more/all of them ?
java php django wsgi application-server
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
1
The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard likewsgi? Why python based framework need a standard likewsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard
– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53
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I have worked mostly with PHP and to some extent with Java. And currently looking at Python and Django. When a Django project is deployed on production, it is required to choose one of servers that implement wsgi specification.
The definition is pretty straight forward as well as history. Looking back at php world I don't see a parallel with wsgi and that creates some confusion and probably an opportunity to learn more about it.
So the questions is what makes python application special that they require (frameworks as well as servers) to implement wsgi specification ?
Do we have similar specification for php ? any reasons for having/having not ? Probably a unique issue with python ? however, I see we can use uWSGI with php applications also.
Is wsgi is something similar to Java Servlet specification ? and uWSGI server is like Tomcat i.e Application Server.
If we consider a wsgi server as Application Server, what services it does provide e.g manage security, transaction processing, resource pooling, and messaging or more/all of them ?
java php django wsgi application-server
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
I have worked mostly with PHP and to some extent with Java. And currently looking at Python and Django. When a Django project is deployed on production, it is required to choose one of servers that implement wsgi specification.
The definition is pretty straight forward as well as history. Looking back at php world I don't see a parallel with wsgi and that creates some confusion and probably an opportunity to learn more about it.
So the questions is what makes python application special that they require (frameworks as well as servers) to implement wsgi specification ?
Do we have similar specification for php ? any reasons for having/having not ? Probably a unique issue with python ? however, I see we can use uWSGI with php applications also.
Is wsgi is something similar to Java Servlet specification ? and uWSGI server is like Tomcat i.e Application Server.
If we consider a wsgi server as Application Server, what services it does provide e.g manage security, transaction processing, resource pooling, and messaging or more/all of them ?
java php django wsgi application-server
java php django wsgi application-server
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
edited Nov 13 '18 at 12:49
vencaslac
1,017317
1,017317
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
asked Nov 13 '18 at 12:20
sakhunzaisakhunzai
6,5681167113
6,5681167113
1
The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard likewsgi? Why python based framework need a standard likewsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard
– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53
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The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard likewsgi? Why python based framework need a standard likewsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard
– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53
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The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard like
wsgi ? Why python based framework need a standard like wsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard like
wsgi ? Why python based framework need a standard like wsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53
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The parallel with a wsgi server is mod_php; you can't run PHP on pure Apache, you need something that interprets the PHP and runs the script. It's not exactly the same thing because mod_php embeds the intepreter in Apache, but it's the same underlying idea; WSGI is the interface between the web server and Python.
– Daniel Roseman
Nov 13 '18 at 14:20
@Daniel Roseman I understand that, I am looking at uWSGI in the context of other languages. Does mod_php implement a standard like
wsgi? Why python based framework need a standard likewsgi? I need a comparative outlook on this standard– sakhunzai
Nov 14 '18 at 5:53