On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 at 12:59, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > But that might create another problem. how to differentiate the servers, > both of which > will want to use localhost:5000 to serve up their web pages we run > things with. > > Suggested solutions?
This is nothing to do with venvs, so I'm forking the thread. By far the easiest way to differentiate them is to NOT have them both on localhost:5000. Depending on how you invoke the servers, you should be able to find a way to configure one (or both) of them to a different port; common methods include a "--port" argument, setting the PORT environment variable, and poking in the code to find the number 5000 and changing it to some other value. (Less common methods include poking in ctypes to find the number 5000 and changing it to some other value. Mentioned only because I realise the alternative interpretation of my previous comment.) Another method would be to change the "localhost" part. The standard for IP addresses is that 127.x.y.z means localhost, regardless of what x, y, and z are; so you could have one of them bind to 127.0.0.2 and the other to 127.0.0.3, which you could then use in your browser the same way (http://127.0.0.2:5000/ and http://127.0.0.3:5000/ respectively). But if you can't change anything else, you'll have to make the two processes cooperate in some way, or worst case, just make sure you shut one down before you start the other up. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
