Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of UoL LAMP HowTo Install Python Flask Applications

Timestamp:

10/07/15 13:23:21 (9 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

Comment:

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UoL LAMP HowTo Install Python Flask Applications

@@ -32 +32 @@
 == Proceduce
 
-1. [[HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers]]
-2. Copy the Telomere application from the `git` repository into `/local/` directory.
+1. Install {{{mod_wsgi.so}}} into the directory {{{/local/apache2/etc/}}}
+ 1. Compile `mod_wsgi`. See: [[HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers]]
+ 2. Copy `mod_wsgi.so` from the directory {{{/local/apache2/etc/}}} of an existing UoL LAMP python Flask application.
+2. Clone the application from the `git` repository into `/local/` directory.
 3. Install virtualenv:
 
@@ -41 +43 @@
 
     ''For some reason that I can't work out (point 4. above), it would only pick up some of the python libraries from a virtual env and not when they were installed in `/local/python/`.  Maybe this was because of the order that I installed things, but I couldn't get it to work without the virtual environment.''
-4. Create a virtual environment in the telomere application directory.
+4. Create a virtual environment in the application directory.
 
 {{{
-cd /local/telomere
+cd /local/{application directory}
 /local/python/virtualenv --no-site-packages BASELINE
 }}}
@@ -50 +52 @@
     ''`BASELINE` is the name of the virtual environment.  It could be called anything, but it's called that!  Also note that you need to use the full path to the `virtualenv` utility, since `/local/python` isn't in `$PATH`.''
 
-5. Activate the environment, install the required packages, then deactivate:
+5. Activate the environment, install the required packages, then deactivate.  This example shows some common requirements:
 
 {{{
@@ -57 +59 @@
 easy_install flask-sqlalchemy
 easy_install mysql-python
-easy_install flask-login
-easy_install python-ldap
 easy_install flask-wtf
 easy_install WTForms-Components
-easy_install openpyxl
 deactivate
 }}}
@@ -70 +69 @@
 LoadModule wsgi_module /local/apache2/etc/mod_wsgi.so
 }}}
-
-    ''This presumes that you've copied the compiled `mod_wsgi.so` file into the `/local/apache2/etc/` directory.''
 
 7. Add the WSGI config to the Apache config file `/local/apache2/etc/httpd.conf`: