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.. _server_deployment:
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`Server Deployment`:index:
**************************
pgAdmin may be deployed as a web application by configuring the app to run in
server mode and then deploying it either behind a webserver running as a reverse
proxy, or using the WSGI interface.
When deployed in server mode, there are two notable differences for users:
* Users must login before they can use pgAdmin. An initial superuser account
is created when server mode is initialised, and this user can add additional
superusers and non-superusers as required.
* File storage is restricted to a virtual root directory for each individual
user under the directory configured using the ``STORAGE_DIR`` configuration
parameter. Users do not have access to the complete filesystem of the server.
The following instructions demonstrate how pgAdmin may be run as a WSGI
application under ``Apache HTTPD``, using ``mod_wsgi``, standalone using ``uWSGI``
or ``Gunicorn``, or under ``NGINX`` using using ``uWSGI`` or ``Gunicorn``.
.. seealso:: For detailed instructions on building and configuring pgAdmin from
scratch, please see the README file in the top level directory of the source code.
For convenience, you can find the latest version of the file
`here <https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgadmin4.git;a=blob_plain;f=README>`_,
but be aware that this may differ from the version included with the source code
for a specific version of pgAdmin.
Requirements
************
**Important**: Some components of pgAdmin require the ability to maintain affinity
between client sessions and a specific database connection (for example, the
Query Tool in which the user might run a BEGIN command followed by a number of
DML SQL statements, and then a COMMIT). pgAdmin has been designed with built-in
connection management to handle this, however it requires that only a single
Python process is used because it is not easily possible to maintain affinity
between a client session and one of multiple WSGI worker processes.
On Windows systems, the Apache HTTP server uses a single process, multi-threaded
architecture. WSGI applications run in ``embedded`` mode, which means that only
a single process will be present on this platform in all cases.
On Unix systems, the Apache HTTP server typically uses a multi-process, single
threaded architecture (this is dependent on the ``MPM`` that is chosen at
compile time). If ``embedded`` mode is chosen for the WSGI application, then
there will be one Python environment for each Apache process, each with it's own
connection manager which will lead to loss of connection affinity. Therefore
one should use ``mod_wsgi``'s ``daemon`` mode, configured to use a single
process. This will launch a single instance of the WSGI application which is
utilised by all the Apache worker processes.
Whilst it is true that this is a potential performance bottleneck, in reality
pgAdmin is not a web application that's ever likely to see heavy traffic
unlike a busy website, so in practice should not be an issue.
Future versions of pgAdmin may introduce a shared connection manager process to
overcome this limitation, however that is a significant amount of work for
little practical gain.
Configuration
*************
In order to configure pgAdmin to run in server mode, it may be necessary to
configure the Python code to run in multi-user mode, and then to configure the
web server to find and execute the code.
See :ref:`config_py` for more information on configuration settings.
Python
------
From pgAdmin 4 v2 onwards, server mode is the default configuration. If running under
the desktop runtime, this is overridden automatically. There should typically be no
need to modify the configuration simply to enable server mode to work, however it may
be desirable to adjust some of the paths used.
In order to configure the Python code, follow these steps:
1. Create a ``config_local.py`` file alongside the existing ``config.py`` file.
2. Edit ``config_local.py`` and add the following settings. In most cases, the default
file locations should be appropriate:
*NOTE: You must ensure the directories specified are writeable by
the user that the web server processes will be running as, e.g. apache or www-data.*
.. code-block:: python
LOG_FILE = '/var/log/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.log'
SQLITE_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db'
SESSION_DB_PATH = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/sessions'
STORAGE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/storage'
4. Run the following command to create the configuration database:
.. code-block:: bash
# python setup.py
5. Change the ownership of the configuration database to the user that the web server
processes will run as, for example, assuming that the web server runs as user
www-data in group www-data, and that the SQLite path is ``/var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db``:
.. code-block:: bash
# chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db
Hosting
*******
There are many possible ways to host pgAdmin in server mode. Some examples are
given below:
Apache HTTPD Configuration (Windows)
------------------------------------
Once Apache HTTP has been configured to support ``mod_wsgi``, the pgAdmin
application may be configured similarly to the example below:
.. code-block:: apache
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName pgadmin.example.com
WSGIScriptAlias / "C:\Program Files\pgAdmin4\web\pgAdmin4.wsgi"
<Directory "C:\Program Files\pgAdmin4\web">
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Now open the file ``C:\Program Files\pgAdmin4\web\pgAdmin4.wsgi`` with your favorite editor and add the code
below which will activate Python virtual environment when Apache server runs.
.. code-block:: python
activate_this = 'C:\Program Files\pgAdmin4\venv\Scripts\activate_this.py'
exec(open(activate_this).read())
**Note:** The changes made in ``pgAdmin4.wsgi`` file will revert when pgAdmin4 is either upgraded or downgraded.
Apache HTTPD Configuration (Linux/Unix)
---------------------------------------
Once Apache HTTP has been configured to support ``mod_wsgi``, the pgAdmin
application may be configured similarly to the example below:
.. code-block:: apache
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName pgadmin.example.com
WSGIDaemonProcess pgadmin processes=1 threads=25 python-home=/path/to/python/virtualenv
WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/pgAdmin4/web/pgAdmin4.wsgi
<Directory /opt/pgAdmin4/web>
WSGIProcessGroup pgadmin
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
**Note:** If you're using Apache HTTPD 2.4 or later, replace the lines:
.. code-block:: apache
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
with:
.. code-block:: apache
Require all granted
Adjust as needed to suit your access control requirements.
Standalone Gunicorn Configuration
---------------------------------
pgAdmin may be hosted by Gunicorn directly simply by running a command such as
the one shown below. Note that this example assumes pgAdmin was installed using
the Python Wheel (you may need to adjust the path to suit your installation):
.. code-block:: bash
gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:80 \
--workers=1 \
--threads=25 \
--chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4 \
pgAdmin4:app
Standalone uWSGI Configuration
------------------------------
pgAdmin may be hosted by uWSGI directly simply by running a command such as
the one shown below. Note that this example assumes pgAdmin was installed using
the Python Wheel (you may need to adjust the path to suit your installation):
.. code-block:: bash
uwsgi --http-socket 0.0.0.0:80 \
--processes 1 \
--threads 25 \
--chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4/ \
--mount /=pgAdmin4:app
NGINX Configuration with Gunicorn
---------------------------------
pgAdmin can be hosted by Gunicorn, with NGINX in front of it. Note that these
examples assume pgAdmin was installed using the Python Wheel (you may need to
adjust the path to suit your installation).
To run with pgAdmin in the root directory of the server, start Gunicorn using a
command similar to:
.. code-block:: bash
gunicorn --bind unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock \
--workers=1 \
--threads=25 \
--chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4 \
pgAdmin4:app
And configure NGINX:
.. code-block:: nginx
location / {
include proxy_params;
proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
}
Alternatively, pgAdmin can be hosted in a sub-directory (/pgadmin4 in this case)
on the server. Start Gunicorn as when using the root directory, but configure
NGINX as follows:
.. code-block:: nginx
location /pgadmin4/ {
include proxy_params;
proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
proxy_set_header X-Script-Name /pgadmin4;
}
NGINX Configuration with uWSGI
------------------------------
pgAdmin can be hosted by uWSGI, with NGINX in front of it. Note that these
examples assume pgAdmin was installed using the Python Wheel (you may need to
adjust the path to suit your installation).
To run with pgAdmin in the root directory of the server, start Gunicorn using a
command similar to:
.. code-block:: bash
uwsgi --socket /tmp/pgadmin4.sock \
--processes 1 \
--threads 25 \
--chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4/ \
--manage-script-name \
--mount /=pgAdmin4:app
And configure NGINX:
.. code-block:: nginx
location / { try_files $uri @pgadmin4; }
location @pgadmin4 {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
}
Alternatively, pgAdmin can be hosted in a sub-directory (/pgadmin4 in this case)
on the server. Start uWSGI, noting that the directory name is specified in the
``mount`` parameter:
.. code-block:: bash
uwsgi --socket /tmp/pgadmin4.sock \
--processes 1 \
--threads 25 \
--chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4/ \
--manage-script-name \
--mount /pgadmin4=pgAdmin4:app
Then, configure NGINX:
.. code-block:: nginx
location = /pgadmin4 { rewrite ^ /pgadmin4/; }
location /pgadmin4 { try_files $uri @pgadmin4; }
location @pgadmin4 {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
}
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