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[closes #1863] Docs: Add /dev/shm as a convenient alternative to making your own tmpfs mount in fchmod FAQ (#1873)

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Ciaran Courtney 2018-09-05 23:50:35 +01:00 committed by Benoit Chesneau
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@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ disk-backed filesystem. For example, by default ``/tmp`` is not mounted as
``tmpfs`` in Ubuntu; in AWS an EBS root instance volume may sometimes hang for
half a minute and during this time Gunicorn workers may completely block in
``os.fchmod``. ``os.fchmod`` may introduce extra delays if the disk gets full.
Also Gunicon may refuse to start if it can't create the files when the disk is
Also Gunicorn may refuse to start if it can't create the files when the disk is
full.
Currently to avoid these problems you can create a ``tmpfs`` mount (for a new
Currently to avoid these problems you can use a ``tmpfs`` mount (for a new
directory or for ``/tmp``) and pass its path to ``--worker-tmp-dir``. First,
check whether your ``/tmp`` is disk-backed or RAM-backed::
@ -183,7 +183,15 @@ check whether your ``/tmp`` is disk-backed or RAM-backed::
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda1 ... ... ... ... /
No luck. Let's create a new ``tmpfs`` mount::
No luck. If you are using Fedora or Ubuntu, you should already have a ``tmpfs``
mount at ``/dev/shm``::
$ df /dev/shm
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs ... ... ... ... /dev/shm
In this case you can set ``--worker-tmp-dir /dev/shm``, otherwise you can
create a new ``tmpfs`` mount::
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig
sudo mkdir /mem