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The http-socket <bind> option will make uWSGI natively speak HTTP. If your web server does not support the :doc:`uwsgi protocol <Protocol>` but is able to speak to upstream HTTP proxies, or if you are using a service like Webfaction or Heroku to host your application, you can use http-socket. If you plan to expose your app to the world with uWSGI only, use the http option instead, as the router/proxy/load-balancer will then be your shield.

uWSGI includes an HTTP/HTTPS router/proxy/load-balancer that can forward requests to uWSGI workers. The server can be used in two ways: embedded and standalone. In embedded mode, it will automatically spawn workers and setup the communication socket. In standalone mode you have to specify the address of a uwsgi socket to connect to.

Embedded mode:

./uwsgi --http 127.0.0.1:8080 --master --module mywsgiapp --processes 4

This will spawn a HTTP server on port 8080 that forwards requests to a pool of 4 uWSGI workers managed by the master process.

Standalone mode:

./uwsgi --master --http 127.0.0.1:8080 --http-to /tmp/uwsgi.sock

This will spawn a HTTP router (governed by a master for your safety) that will forward requests to the uwsgi socket /tmp/uwsgi.sock. You can bind to multiple addresses/ports.

[uwsgi]

http = 0.0.0.0:8080
http = 192.168.173.17:8181
http = 127.0.0.1:9090

master = true

http-to = /tmp/uwsgi.sock

And load-balance to multiple nodes:

[uwsgi]

http = 0.0.0.0:8080
http = 192.168.173.17:8181
http = 127.0.0.1:9090

master = true

http-to = /tmp/uwsgi.sock
http-to = 192.168.173.1:3031
http-to = 192.168.173.2:3031
http-to = 192.168.173.3:3031

• If you want to go massive (virtualhosting and zero-conf scaling) combine the HTTP router with the :doc:`SubscriptionServer`.
• You can make the HTTP server pass custom uwsgi variables to workers with the http-var KEY=VALUE option.
• You can use the http-modifier1 option to pass a custom modifier1 value to workers.

see :doc:`HTTPS`

If your backends set the correct HTTP headers, you can use the http-keepalive option. Your backends will need to set a valid Content-Length in each response or use chunked encoding. Simply setting "Connection: close" is not enough. Also remember to set "Connection: Keep-Alive" in your response. You can automate that using the add-header "Connection: Keep-Alive" option.

If you need a load balancer/proxy it can be a very good idea. It will automatically find new uWSGI instances and can load balance in various ways. If you want to use it as a real webserver you should take into account that serving static files in uWSGI instances is possible, but not as good as using a dedicated full-featured web server. If you host static assets in the cloud or on a CDN, using uWSGI's HTTP capabilities you can definitely avoid configuring a full webserver.