Introduction Docker is an application that makes it simple and easy to run application processes in a container, which are like virtual machines, only more portable, more resource-friendly, and more dependent on the host operating system. For a detailed introduction to the different components of a Docker container, check out The Docker Ecosystem: An Introduction Read more about How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 16.04[…]

Introduction When using the Nginx web server, server blocks (similar to the virtual hosts in Apache) can be used to encapsulate configuration details and host more than one domain off of a single server. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to configure server blocks in Nginx on an Ubuntu 16.04 server. Prerequisites We’re going to Read more about How To Set Up Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts) on Ubuntu 16.04[…]

Introduction In this guide, we will be setting up a simple Python application using the Flask micro-framework on Ubuntu 16.04. The bulk of this article will be about how to set up the Gunicorn application server to launch the application and Nginx to act as a front end reverse proxy. Prerequisites Before starting on this Read more about How To Serve Flask Applications with Gunicorn and Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04[…]

Introduction In this guide, we will be setting up a simple Python application using the Flask micro-framework on Ubuntu 16.04. The bulk of this article will be about how to set up the uWSGI application server to launch the application and Nginx to act as a front end reverse proxy. Prerequisites Before starting on this Read more about How To Serve Flask Applications with uWSGI and Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04[…]