Architecture

NGINX

The webserver NGINX delivers all static content, e.g. images, JavaScript files or CSS files.

uWSGI

uWSGI is the application server that runs the DefectDojo platform, written in Python/Django, to serve all dynamic content.

Message Broker

The application server sends tasks to a Message Broker for asynchronous execution. RabbitMQ is a well established choice.

Celery Worker

Tasks like deduplication or the JIRA synchonization are performed asynchronously in the background by the Celery Worker.

Celery Beat

In order to identify and notify users about things like upcoming engagements, DefectDojo runs scheduled tasks. These tasks are scheduled and run using Celery Beat.

Initializer

The Initializer setups / maintains the database and syncs / runs migrations after version upgrades. It shuts itself down after all tasks are performed.

Database

The Database stores all the application data of DefectDojo. Currently PostgreSQL and MySQL are supported, with PostgreSQL being the recommended option. Please note the django-watson search engine require one or more MyISAM tables, so you cannot use Azure MySQL or Cloud SQL for MySQL. AWS RDS MySQL supports MyISAM tables.