Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-05 Thread PythonistL
Hello James Bennett and Joshua D. Drake , Thank you for some ideas about using Django with share webhosting . I have some more questions: 1. Does it mean that I should ask my webhosting provider to install mod_proxy Apache module( my provider uses Apache server)? 2.After enabling proxy, is it

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-03 Thread David MacKinnon
On 1/4/06, Eugene Lazutkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These are instructions for my setup: > http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Django --- actually I use full-blown > flup now, but it is a tiny change to one script. > That looks like where I got the setup I'm using from. Thanks, forgot where

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-03 Thread Eugene Lazutkin
These are instructions for my setup: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Django --- actually I use full-blown flup now, but it is a tiny change to one script. Thanks, Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Eugene Lazutkin wrote: >> I use Apache + FastCGI +

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-03 Thread David MacKinnon
On 1/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eugene Lazutkin wrote: > > I use Apache + FastCGI + MySQL. I think this is the easiest combination for > > hosting providers. If they provide all 3, you can install the rest locally. > > Is it possible to take advantage of

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eugene Lazutkin wrote: > I use Apache + FastCGI + MySQL. I think this is the easiest combination for > hosting providers. If they provide all 3, you can install the rest locally. Is it possible to take advantage of Apache+FastCGI+MySQL without reconfiguring Apache as per these instruction

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-02 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Monday 02 Jan 2006 5:53 am, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >using apache2+mod_python is practically impossible without root > >access. > > Well I don't know about that at all. You simply request a proxy. > That is what we do for our accounts and commandprompt.com. We > have a main apache2 instance

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
'Proxying' with Apache basically means that you tell Apache to take all requests of a certain type, and forward them somewhere else. In this case, I assume each user has a separate instance of Apache which they're allowed to configure and which listens on a port other than 80; then you just

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
James, Thank you for the explanation. Does it also mean that I can install my own mod_python( if I have SSH access on my webhosting disk) together with my instance of the Apache and then I can restart Apache by myself whenever I need? Yes it does. Although in our case we provide you with the

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread PythonistL
James, Thank you for the explanation. Does it also mean that I can install my own mod_python( if I have SSH access on my webhosting disk) together with my instance of the Apache and then I can restart Apache by myself whenever I need? Regards, Lad.

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread PythonistL
Joshua, can you please share with some of us some more details, when you say > You simply request a proxy. > That is what we do for our accounts and commandprompt.com. We have > a main apache2 instance that proxies to a private instance of apache2 for > the customer. > > This allows the custom

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
using apache2+mod_python is practically impossible without root access. Well I don't know about that at all. You simply request a proxy. That is what we do for our accounts and commandprompt.com. We have a main apache2 instance that proxies to a private instance of apache2 for the customer.

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2006-01-01 Thread Simon Willison
On 31 Dec 2005, at 18:39, Michael Hipp wrote: I'm hoping to convince my current hosting provider (zipa.com) to support Django. (Switching providers would be a pain right now.) What would I tell them I need? apache mod_python psycopg postgresql (or mysql) (1 database?) One approach

Re: Web host for Django, what to ask for?

2005-12-31 Thread James Bennett
On 12/31/05, Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping to convince my current hosting provider (zipa.com) to support > Django. (Switching providers would be a pain right now.) What would I tell > them I need? Depends. If you're on shared hosting, you'll probably want to run Django via