Inside a Debian Buster Docker container, I first install python3, python3-pip, and python-venv, which lets me create a python 3.7.3 venv, using
python3 -m venv ./venv_name
which I activate in the typical way. Inside, I use
pip install uwsgi
to install uWSGI (version 2.0.19.1 in this case). I have a uwsgi.ini file which contains:
[uwsgi]
strict = true
master = true
http-auto-chunked = true
http-keepalive = 1
http-auto-gzip = true
http-timeout = 360
etc. When I attempt to start uwsgi from the command line, though:
uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini
I get the error:
[strict-mode] unknown config directive: http-auto-gzip
What is causing this error? Some searching suggests it is related to a missing plugin, but also that the http plugin is embedded in the pip install. I've tried explicitly naming the plugin by adding
plugins = http
to the ini file, but that results in the error:
!!! UNABLE to load uWSGI plugin: ./http_plugin.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory !!!
Based on the source code here http-auto-gzip is only available when uWSGI is compiled with the UWSGI_ZLIB flag.
You will need to have the zlib1g-dev Ubuntu package installed when you install (compile) uWSGI for that to happen.