Flask·Flask essentials

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Run Flask behind a production WSGI server.

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What you will be able to do
  • Use gunicorn.
  • Read configuration from env.
  • Do not use the dev server.

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Run Flask behind a production WSGI server.

  • Use gunicorn.
  • Read configuration from env.
  • Do not use the dev server.
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gunicorn -w 2 'app:app'
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