This is my first time purchasing a hosting and I opted for Webfaction.com to host my Django application. So far, i've been using Eclipse to write all my code and manage my Django application and I'm not ready to use VIM as a text editor yet. Now my question is, how can I use Eclipse to write my code and manage all my files while being connected to my webfaction account?
Don't do that. Your host is for hosting. Your personal machine is for developing.
Edit and run your code locally. When it's ready, upload it to Webfaction. Don't edit code on your server.
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A website has been developed on a local ubuntu machine using python flask. The website runs fine on ubuntu at 127.0.0.1:5000. This website is supposed to go live on a godaddy server for which there is cpanel access. How to do it?
If it's a shared hosting solution, Answer to your question is NO, you can't do it. In a shared hosting environment Godaddy using only a PHP Stack. so you won't be able to use python there. Either go with VPS and configure your server. or go with a cloud service provider like Digital ocean, AWS, Linode etc.,
If your CPanel has the "Setup Python App" option (it's CloudLinux-based), you can try to deploy there.
I had a problem where only the root URL would work and all other routes returned 404.
Add the following to the top of your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE]
Got this info from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63971427/10122266
Apologies that I couldn't add this as a comment as I do not have sufficient rights yet. But this solution worked for me and it would be a pitty if this little gem is hidden from those who may arrive here.
So would appreciate if this post is not deleted.
I'm fairly new to Django so please excuse my ignorance.
I'm starting my first build of a web app on my remote web server. I am currently SSH'ing to the server and have started the Django project. I just launched the development server for the Django project, and it automatically serves at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.
My question is- what is the proper way to build a Django web app remotely on a server? Am I supposed to build the app on my computer and then transfer the project to my web server after it is complete? Or is there a way for me to access the development server without messing with the domains/ip addresses of the websites that are live on my web server?
Thanks!
This isn't really a Django specific question as the same basic methodology goes for any software development project.
Create different settings files for development and production. For Django this will involve setting the ALLOWED_HOSTS in your production settings as you mentioned as well as other settings. This checklist is helpful for this step. Use environment variables to hide secrets and set them in your development and production machines as appropriate.
Use a version control system such as git and push changes locally and then pull them onto your production server then run your Django server.
Do one better and setup a CI/CD pipeline to automate this
Yes, you're supposed to build working project on your computer :)
You probably cant efficiently write something good on the remote server.
Then you will probably create the git repository, for example on gitlab.
Then you will work on your computer building your project.
When you want to see it on the remote server, you will pull your project there.
It will be a little tricky for a first time to correctly deploy it, but it's not really that bad + there are a lot of good instructions out there, for ex:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-ubuntu-16-04
I hope I correctly understood your question.
I wrote a little bottle web application, played around with setup.py, and I'm ready to deploy.
I had two questions:
How do I deploy this new web app in production? Do I need a a webserver or reverse proxy? Can my main.py be run as a service? How is this typically done?
My web app uses a mongodb backend. Is there a way to package that with my application or to require it / look for it / alert the user when the installer runs? How is this typically done?
Pythonanywhere allows you for free to test/deploy a Bottle app with Pymongo driver. This is one of the webhostings which is python-deployers friendly... If you need something for a serious trafic, then you have to consider a paid programm or your own (virtual/dedicated) hosted server.
I ran my Bottle applications on OpenShift. There's a quickstart template on GitHub for getting a Bottle application online. You could just copy their directory structure and files, add your own, and send it all to the git repository that is created for you. OpenShift uses git when it comes to development, so if you ever make any changes, you just need to commit and push them to the server again.
MongoDB and RockMongo (a GUI for managing your MongoDB database, similar to phpMyAdmin for MySQL) are built in. You get three 'gears' or instances to work with, so the Bottle application will be one, with MongoDB and RockMongo included. You just have to enable them.
I have downloaded and installed python on my PC. I am learning python at this moment so I am a beginner.
Is there anyway I could execute python scripts in localhost (Apache) and view them in a web browser as we do with PHP? I am executing the python scripts from CLI at this moment.
Although there are multiple solutions, I would take a look at mod_python. Unfortunately, in my experience it is not the easiest thing in the world to set up and requires making changes to httpd.conf, but this tutorial is helpful (and gives some examples).
Google App Engine SDK for Python includes a local web server application that simulates the App Engine environment. It allows for instant server script changes by just saving the file and refreshing the browser.
The development tutorial is here
Once you have your web site working locally, it is easy to deploy it live on Google's App Engine servers.
Hi recently created my website in django. And I have used a web hosting provider who has django, python and my sql installed. But they do not have the ssh option or command prompt in their file manager. How can I use a script to excecute all the commands after uploading my site to the server .
I want file to be created like this updatedb.sh or updatedb.py .
Can anyone tell me how to use the scripts alone to host my django site live.
It is possible to have your Django views execute lines like:
import os
os.system("python manage.py syncdb")
In theory you could get the site working like that. However, this is a very poor strategy for deployment. Aside from the hassle of having os.system lines every time you want to do anything, what will you do if your entire site breaks? You'd be using convoluted hacks just to do the most basic maintenance.
If your web hosting provider truly doesn't support any kind of command line or even give you other options for setting up Django, it's time to find a new web hosting provider. I might recommend heroku, which supports Django and lets you deploy using git. (It is also free up to a certain amount of use).