Django Channels Nginx production

Question

I have a django project and recently added channels to use websockets. This seems to all work fine, but the problem I have is to get the production ready.

My setup i

Answer 1

I recently answered a similiar question, have a look there for an explanation on how django channels work.

Basically, you don't need gunicorn anymore. You have daphne which is the interface server that accepts HTTP/Websockets and you have your workers that run django views. Then obviously you have your channel backend that glues everything together.

To make it work you have to configure CHANNEL_LAYERS in settings.py and also run the interface server:

$ daphne my_project.asgi:channel_layer

and your worker:

$ python manage.py runworker

NB! If you chose redis as the channel backend, pay attention to file sizes you're serving. If you have large static files make sure NGINX serves them or otherwise clients will experience cryptic errors that may occur due to redis running out of memory.