Production Deployment in Python
From the Flask cheat sheet · Deployment · verified Jul 2026
Production Deployment
Deploy Flask apps with WSGI servers
python
# Quick Reference
# gunicorn
gunicorn app:app --workers 4 --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
# uwsgi
uwsgi --http :8000 --wsgi-file app.py --callable app
# Docker
FROM python:3.9
COPY . /app
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["gunicorn", "app:app", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000"]💡 Use Gunicorn or uWSGI for production
🔍 Place Nginx in front for static files and SSL
⚡ Enable connection pooling for databases
📌 Set FLASK_ENV=production for security
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