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Le mercredi 28 août 2013 16:41:25 UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro a écrit : > > Answers below. > > On Tuesday, 27 August 2013 16:11:22 UTC-5, Vivek Jha wrote: >> >> I am new in web development and I have started with web2py and have >> almost copleted reading the web2py book. >> >> Now few practical issues are coming up about which I don't have any >> experience and that is chosing the right economical webhost. >> >> I think following suits my pocket: >> 1. Bluehost >> 2. Hostgator (mainly becuase they have presence in India as well) >> 3. Justhost. >> > >> Do any of guys have any experience with these web hosts. As most of the >> webhosts are still not able to see the world beyond PHP and wordpress they >> have not mentioned python support specifically though they may be >> supporting Python based applications internally. >> >> Questions: >> 1. Do the above webhosts will be able to support Web2Py with FastCGI. >> > > I just looked them up and they all they they do. They have instructions > for Django. The same instructions apply to web2py except that 1) you do not > need to install Django 2) you need to download and unzip web2py 3) you need > to configure apache to point to the provided fcgihandler.py. > > >> 2. Is having shell access a must for running web2py. >> > > You don't but it is convenient for maintenance. All the hosts you listed > have a shell. > > >> 3. Will it be possible to run Web2Py on the main domain and Wordpress on >> subdomain or vice versa with them. >> > > That's an apache configuration issue. Yes you can. web2py does not care. > If there is a path prefix you have to use routes.py to tell web2py to > ignore the prefix. > > >> 4. Whom to ask about WSGI setup? Is this a webshost specific question or >> Web2Py specific. >> > > That's a host specific issue. It is unlikely shared hosts will support it. > > >> If you think I have not asked the right questions, then please assume me >> as a beginner in the hosting world and let me if there are any catches >> about which I should be careful of. >> > > As a rule of thumb, if they have instructions for any other python > framework you can do it with web2py too. We can help you convert the > instructions. All python frameworks use the same standard mechanisms to > talk to web servers. web2py is actually easier than others because you do > not need root privileges to install it nor you need virtualenv. We also > support all adapters: wsgi, fcgi, scgi, cgi, mod_python (discouraged), > isapi (windows only). The real issue is, if they don't allow wsgi, than > probably you need to run web2py using fcgi. This means you need to run your > own long running process. What tools do they offer to do that (start, > monitor, restart). Moreover if you later need a third party module that > requires sudo access, will they install it for you? If they are mostly a > Ruby or PHP shop, they will not help you much. I have worked with > pythonanywhere.com and they were very helpful and responsive. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
