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+# Gunicorn configuration for FastAPI
+import multiprocessing
+
+# Server socket
+bind = "127.0.0.1:8000"
+backlog = 2048
+
+# Worker processes
+# Rule of thumb: (2 * CPU cores) + 1
+workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 + 1
+worker_class = "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker"
+worker_connections = 1000
+timeout = 30
+keepalive = 2
+
+# Logging
+accesslog = "/var/log/karl/access.log"
+errorlog = "/var/log/karl/error.log"
+loglevel = "info"
+access_log_format = '%(h)s %(l)s %(u)s %(t)s "%(r)s" %(s)s %(b)s "%(f)s" "%(a)s" %(D)s'
+
+# Process naming
+proc_name = "karl"
+
+# Graceful shutdown
+graceful_timeout = 30
+
+# Preload app for faster worker spawning
+preload_app = True