import subprocess
import sys
import setup_util
import os
from os.path import expanduser

home = expanduser("~")

def start(args):
  setup_util.replace_text("django/hello/hello/settings.py", "HOST': '.*'", "HOST': '" + args.database_host + "'")
  setup_util.replace_text("django/hello/hello/settings.py", "\/home\/ubuntu",  home)
  subprocess.Popen("gunicorn hello.wsgi:application --worker-class=\"egg:meinheld#gunicorn_worker\"  -b 0.0.0.0:8080 -w " + str((args.max_threads * 2)) + " --log-level=critical", shell=True, cwd="django/hello")
  return 0
def stop():
  p = subprocess.Popen(['ps', 'aux'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  out, err = p.communicate()
  for line in out.splitlines():
    if 'gunicorn' in line:
      try:
        pid = int(line.split(None, 2)[1])
        os.kill(pid, 9)
      except OSError:
        pass

  return 0

import subprocess
import sys
import setup_util
import os
from os.path import expanduser

home = expanduser("~")

def start(args):
  setup_util.replace_text("django/hello/hello/settings.py", "HOST': '.*'", "HOST': '" + args.database_host + "'")
  setup_util.replace_text("django/hello/hello/settings.py", "\/home\/ubuntu",  home)
  # because pooling doesn't work with meinheld, it's necessary to create a ton of gunicorn threads (think apache pre-fork)
  # to allow the OS to switch processes when waiting for socket I/O.
  args.max_threads *= 8
  # and go from there until the database server runs out of memory for new threads (connections)
  subprocess.Popen("gunicorn hello.wsgi:application --worker-class=\"egg:meinheld#gunicorn_worker\"  -b 0.0.0.0:8080 -w " + str((args.max_threads * 2)) + " --log-level=critical", shell=True, cwd="django/hello")
  return 0
def stop():
  p = subprocess.Popen(['ps', 'aux'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  out, err = p.communicate()
  for line in out.splitlines():
    if 'gunicorn' in line:
      try:
        pid = int(line.split(None, 2)[1])
        os.kill(pid, 9)
      except OSError:
        pass

  return 0

Use more gunicorn threads when pooling database connector isn't available.
Use more gunicorn threads when pooling database connector isn't available. 

When using postgres with meinheld, the best you can do so far (as far as I know) is up the number of threads.