Add multiple workers to gunicorn

Author: Sispheor

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ echo "Inserting default data"
 python manage.py insert_default_data
 
 echo "Starting web server"
-gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --pythonpath /app/squest Squest.wsgi
+gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers ${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-4} --pythonpath /app/squest Squest.wsgi

docker/environment_variables/squest.env

@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ REDIS_CACHE_HOST=redis-cache
 
 WAIT_HOSTS=db:3306,rabbitmq:5672
 WAIT_TIMEOUT=60
+
+GUNICORN_WORKERS=4

docs/configuration/squest_settings.md

@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ Set to `True` to enable email notifications.
 
 Set to `True` to change the navbar and footer color to visually identify a testing instance of Squest.
 
+### GUNICORN_WORKERS
+
+**Default:** `4`
+
+Number of workers used by Gunicorn process in charge of serving client connection. Increase the number of worker threads to serve more clients concurrently
+
 ## SMTP
 
 ### EMAIL_HOST