Hassle-Free Application Hosting?

[Syed]

Are there any application hosting services for web2py that are similar
to the following (for other frameworks):

Heroku for Ruby on Rails
Djangy for Django
Pantheon for Drupal

I know that it's possible to use GAE for hosting, but there are some
limitations to going that route. I understand that Webfaction offers
hosting, but it's just normal shared hosting, right? It would be great
if there was a fire-and-forget application hosting option for web2py
just like Heroku or Engine Yard.

[Bruno Rocha]

I am playing with free beta on dotcloud (this will be great).

for free that runs web2py I just know one (shared limited plan is free):

http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/

http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples

BTW, I do not know any other that works like heroku.

2011/1/9 Syed <syed.f...@gmail.com>

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[Stef Mientki]

On 09-01-2011 16:21, Bruno Rocha wrote:

I am playing with free beta on dotcloud (this will be great).

for free that runs web2py I just know one (shared limited plan is free):

http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/

http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples

hello Bruno,
do have an easy recipy to setup a web2py site on alwaysdata ?
(deploying is one of the scaring tasks for beginners)

thanks,
Stef

[Bruno Rocha]

hello Bruno,
do have an easy recipy to setup a web2py site on alwaysdata ?
(deploying is one of the scaring tasks for beginners)

thanks,
Stef

Its in French -> http://wiki.alwaysdata.com/wiki/D%C3%A9ployer_une_application_web2py

a little outdated, needs to test if this still works.

[Bruno Rocha]

This post helps too: http://forum.alwaysdata.com/viewtopic.php?id=1081 (google translate it)

2011/1/9 Bruno Rocha <rocha...@gmail.com>

[pbreit]

DotCloud looks very promising (Bruno, how'd you get your invite??).

I dabbled with AlwaysData for a bit which is a nice free option.

If you are considering it at all, I would highly suggest running a cloud server. It's not as difficult as it may seem and can be quite inexpensive ($10-12/month). I tried Amazon which is fine and am now using RackSpace Cloud. There are scripts and Slices available to get you up and running (I prefer Ubuntu 10.04 distro). I was fairly inexperienced when I started and have managed to get servers up and running without much difficulty.

[pbreit]

If you use Google Chrome, it will prompt to translate the page for you.

The Always Data pages translate fairly well and many on the Always Data forums speak English including the very helpful AD rep Cyril.

[Bruno Rocha]

For me, the best Easy, Rapid and Manageable web2py shared host is webfaction, I have my apps running for U$14 a month.

for VPS solution I am testing this: http://www.nodegrid.com/?cmd=cart , they have plans that you pay by daily or hourly of use, I can setup my ubuntu machine, run anything I need and pay $1.3 a day. Or I can pay only for the 'uptime' of the machine.

[Syed]

Is there a demand for a Heroku-like service in the web2py community?
If there was a critical mass, I wonder if someone/firm could be
convinced to build out this type of offering.

[Bruno Rocha]

2011/1/9 Syed <syed.f...@gmail.com>

Is there a demand for a Heroku-like service in the web2py community?
If there was a critical mass, I wonder if someone/firm could be
convinced to build out this type of offering.

I sent a message to some services that are still in private beta, they asnswered that they are going to support web2py.

http://stable.io/

http://www.ep.io/

I am in contact with the owners of nodegrid to include web2py deployment, would be great to push my mercurial repository directly into a running app.

[Stef Mientki]

thanks very much Bruno,
finally found a friend who was willing to help me,
because if you don't understand webinterfaces,
even with your description I didn't get it working.

Some small additions, which might seem very minor for people who know webinterfaces,
but are very important for ignorant copiers:
- translating your description with google, affects the case of some characters
- you should start with a fresh web2py source and not a used copy from your harddisk
- CR/LF which are automatically inserted under windows are not allowed inyour scripts, you may only use '\n'

after that it works like a charm.

We even got web2py now working under IIS7, with https and without Apache or Helicon package.
If there's any interest, I'll post a description here soon.

cheers,
Stef Mientki

[SaltyCow]

Hello Bruno,

I just got a beta account on dotcloud. I saw here that you've been
experimenting with the service and I'm wondering whether you have any
advice for installing and running web2py in that environment. I've
read their docs, but they mostly describe a django installation. For
web2py, it seems that we might want to create one service for the
administration app and separate services for each deployed
application, but I'm not sure. I'm also a bit confused about what info
needs to be included in the wsgi.py and requirements.txt config files.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks...>Jeff

On Jan 9, 10:21 am, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am playing with free beta on dotcloud (this will be great).
>
> for free that runs web2py I just know one (shared limited plan is free):
>
> http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/
>

> <http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/>http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples

>
> <http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples>BTW, I do not know any other that
> works like heroku.
>

> 2011/1/9 Syed <syed.f.ka...@gmail.com>

[Solomon Hykes]

Hi all,

I'm the co-founder and CEO of DotCloud. We're eager to make it as easy
as possible to deploy web2py on our service! I'd like to offer 2
things:

1. Beta invites for anyone on this group who is interested. Just
mention the web2py mailing list in our registration form (http://
dotcloud.com)

2. All the help you need putting together a "dotcloud on web2py"
tutorial. If you're interested in participating, let me know and we'll
get started.

As for requirements.txt and wsgi.py, it's pretty straightforward -
you'll find more information in the docs [1] but I'll be happy to
elaborate privately if needed.

I hope this can be helpful to the web2py community.


All the best,
Solomon Hykes

[1] http://docs.dotcloud.com/static/components/python/

On Jan 23, 2:27 pm, SaltyCow <jeff.bienkow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Bruno,
>

> I just got a beta account ondotcloud. I saw here that you've been

> experimenting with the service and I'm wondering whether you have any
> advice for installing and running web2py in that environment. I've
> read their docs, but they mostly describe a django installation. For
> web2py, it seems that we might want to create one service for the
> administration app and separate services for each deployed
> application, but I'm not sure. I'm also a bit confused about what info
> needs to be included in the wsgi.py and requirements.txt config files.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks...>Jeff
>
> On Jan 9, 10:21 am, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> > I am playing with free beta ondotcloud(this will be great).

[Jérôme Petazzoni]

Good news, everyone! According to recent testing, web2py runs on
DotCloud like a charm.

I've put up a little tutorial:

http://docs.dotcloud.com/static/tutorials/web2py/

It's still very basic and certainly needs to be refined, but I hope
it's sufficient to get started.

Best regards,