Nginx not routing browser request to wsgi(python server running) - nginx

Question

I am running my flask project from uwsgi on nginx. But my nginx is not routing the request to uwsgi when i hit localhost:80/
My nginx.conf looks like this
server {
listen 80;
server_name <your machine ip/domain>;(if on local it would be localhost but I was running on WSL so I put it IP)
location / {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_pass web_app:5000; (you might see suggestion of .sock files or suffixing http:// or unix: but none work for me plain simple your python server's service name which you would provide in docker-compose)
}
}
docker-compose looks like this
version: '3.7'
services:
web_app:
build: .
container_name: kpi-dashboard
ports:
- 5000:5000
depends_on:
- db
nginx:
build: ./nginx
container_name: nginx
restart: always
ports:
- "80:80"
depends_on:
- web_app
db:
image: postgres:13-alpine
container_name: postgresql
volumes:
- postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=postgres
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
- POSTGRES_DB=postgres
ports:
- 5432:5432
volumes:
postgres_data:
nginx dockerfile
FROM nginx
RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf (it is important to remove the default conf as it would not take your custom conf no matter where you copy it)
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/
(there are answers online to copy it no other places but this only works)
EXPOSE 80
web app dockerfile
FROM python:3.8.16-slim-buster
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install gcc -y && apt-get install python3-dev -y && apt-get install libpq-dev -y
ENV PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${PWD}
RUN pip install poetry
WORKDIR /app
COPY pyproject.toml /app/
COPY . /app/
RUN poetry config virtualenvs.create false
RUN poetry install --no-dev
EXPOSE 5000
CMD ["uwsgi", "--ini", "wsgi.ini"]
wsgi.ini file
[uwsgi]
module = app (this is when you are writing you project entrypoint in app.py. if you are writing in wsgi.py then this would become wsgi:app)
socket = 0.0.0.0:5000
callable = app (this is important as wsgi by default considers your app instance as application either handle it in your main file or just add this configuration)
processes = 1
threads = 1
master = true
vacuum = true
die-on-term = true
This is what the nginx container output looks like
Editing question as the 404 issue was solved. But nginx is still not routing to wsgi.
The solution
changed the location of copying the nginx.conf file in nginx dockerfile
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.config
Editing question again as nginx routing to wsgi issue also resolved.
The solution
updated files as mentioned above

Answer 1

Yes so this worked for me. There are n number of configurations available online and almost all are same yet a slight difference causes the issue.
I am updating my question to change files with the content that worked. Hope it helps someone.