Server Deployment¶

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. You may specify DATA_DIR in order to create all required directories and files under DATA_DIR folder.

   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'
   AZURE_CREDENTIAL_CACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/azurecredentialcache'
   KERBEROS_CCACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin4/kerberoscache'
   

4. Run the following command to create the configuration database:

   # 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:

   # chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db
   

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:

<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.

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:

<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:

Order deny,allow
Allow from all

with:

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):

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):

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:

gunicorn --bind unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock \
         --workers=1 \
         --threads=25 \
         --chdir /usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pgadmin4 \
         pgAdmin4:app

And configure 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:

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 uWSGI using a command similar to:

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:

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:

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:

location = /pgadmin4 { rewrite ^ /pgadmin4/; }
location /pgadmin4 { try_files $uri @pgadmin4; }
location @pgadmin4 {
  include uwsgi_params;
  uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/pgadmin4.sock;
}

Additional Information¶