A little different in order. Do all the openshift stuff first, then download web2py and copy it into the wsgi folder.
I would suggest using the application file I provide on the github repo and modify: This: sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR'], 'libs', 'gluon')) to This: sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR'], 'wsgi', 'web2by', 'gluon')) #honestly I don't know if sys.path.append handles stuff recursively so maybe this isn't necessary and you just comment out the gluon line. There are other nuances like addressing db host / port / user / pass variables that should all be setup in wsgi/application file. For example if you're using SQL lite, I have an example variable setup in the wsgi/application handler and then in your model you'd just use something like: db = DAL('sqlite://storage.sqlite',folder=SQLITE_DIR) If you want to use the admin, you'll need to create a parameters_443.py with your hashed password in it but there are caveats to using the IDE in the cloud since app changes are applied via rhc / git. This is why I created the openshift deployer. Andrew --