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On Dec 20, 7:56 am, GoldenTiger <goldenboy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think a lot of users will be happy of seeing this: web2py running > on hostgator. > > Demo: http://hostgator.web2py.es (steps to install included) > > There are a lot of people using Hostgator shared hosting, It is maybe > one of the best over the net, and their servers are very fast. > I've seen a lot of users trying to install web2py...if you do a Google > search, you'll can find that. A lot of users tried to install it (like > me) without success. > > Some weeks ago I could successfully running web2py on hostgator shared > hosting. > > Unlike Hostmonster or Dreamhost, on hostgator you can't compile custom > python version. But you can still run web2py. > > STEPS for INSTALLING web2py on Hostgator : > > 1 - Via SSH shell, find python-2.7 using 'whereis' command: > * whereris python > * ................... something like 'usr/bin/python2.7' > > 2- Hostgator has following python 2.7 modules , and are currently > installed on almost all servers. > However, in my case, I had to create a ticket. > If you are missing any of these modules, open a LiveChat o create a > ticket: > > * MySQL-python > * flup > * django > * psutil > * django-registration > * sorl-thumbnail > * south > * django-keyedcache > * django-livesettings > * django-app-plugins > * django-signals-ahoy > * pycrypto > * django-threaded-multihost > * PIL > * pyCrypto > * paramiko > * ElementTree > * cElementTree > * Pyrex > * hashlib > * Mercurial > > 3 - I unzipped web2py_src.zip into folder > 'hostgator.web2py.es' ( web root folder) > > wgethttp://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_src.zip > unzip web2py_src.zip -d /home/goldentiger/public_html > mv web2py/* hostgator.web2py.es/ > > 4 - I created 'dispatch.fcgi' starting with python2.7 path > > #!/usr/bin/python2.7 > import sys > from flup.server.fcgi_fork import WSGIServer > import gluon.main > application=gluon.main.wsgibase > ## or > # application=gluon.main.wsgibase_with_logging > WSGIServer(application).run() > > and set execution permission: chmod +x dispatch.fcgi > > 5- At last I created '.htaccess': > AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi > Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI > RewriteEngine On > RewriteBase / > RewriteRule ^dispatch\.fcgi/ - [L] > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi/$1 [L]
