Hello,
Is there already someone on here who is doing this? I am wanting a host
where I can pretty much just worry about building my website, not
dealing with getting a host or anything like that.
I believe what one could do is:
Have a system and cut the disk space into different chunks, offer
folders with public_http, public_ftp, www and whatnot, offer the ssh
access but without sudo and with virtualenvwrapper, then already have a
sample Mezzanine project I can either copy (if I wanted to have a second
site), or just use. I could also have my WP site on there while I am
waiting for my Mezzanine to be migrated.
I am thinking of something a little more geeky than wordpress.com, but
with wordpress.com abilities if one wishes.
If the development teem had something like this, I know I would sell it
to all of my friends, especially if I could do either a reseller or
referral program.
This would allow there to be a constant stream of income for Mezzanine
and I would probably be the first customer...!
Then we can really focus on developing our Mezzanine sites and not so
much on everything else.
Is there something like this already?
If not, how difficult would it be to setup something like this?
Competition:
There are a whole lot of hosts, but none, to my knowledge, really have
anything django preinstalled.
Digital Ocean requires one to choose their OS, make sure everything is
updated, create the correct folders and change the correct files, do
other things to make their system production ready, then make sure their
DB is OK, know enough to fill out the table in the fab.py file, then to
have python installed on their computer. There is no reseller system,
although one could be a host like I said above. I don't know how
creating a good DB is, but I don't think I will be using mysql.
WebFaction: It is a little more expensive than Digital ocean and I've
never used them, but they are the same, but they give one a lot more
space and bandwidth. They don't have a reseller program, although I
think one could do what I suggested above. They do have DBs one can
create through their front-end site.
A2 hosting: They do what I said above, They are the least expensive for
the first 2 years, then jump up to about as much as WebFaction. They
don't give as much space as WebFaction though. They use C panel and they
have shared accounts with ssh access like what I outlined above. They
also have a reseller and a referral program.
So no one seems to really offer Django already installed along with the
ability to use other things like wordPress on the same server. I really
like C panel, so it is one of the things I like to see when searching
for a host.
The customers would be 3 different people:
1. People who know python and would like to know they are running a
python server. They know that their CMS runs django and if they wish,
they can modify files in python.
2. The above python programmers, but who would like to sell websites to
clients along with a domain and a subscription to a host. (This would be
me).
3. Random non programmers who would like a site up and running ASAP and
who are not really going to touch their site. They can get in contact
with number 2 if they would like something more done.
This is what I have observed and would really really love to see a host
with django and Mezzanine already up and running, but with the option to
run WordPress or any of the other PHP sites along side it.
Thank you,
Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
On 6/20/2015 7:08 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
Hello,
I am using the pip version with mysql.
I think it may be mysql that has the problem as one of the error
messages hinted at mysql, but this is a little out of what I've done
before, so could be reading it wrong.
Thanks,
Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
On 6/20/2015 6:23 PM, Eduardo Rivas wrote:
Hi Brandon. Adding to Ken's answer:
Are you using the latest version from the master branch, or the
stable version from pip?
For the latest version, the documentation was updated to include a
tutorial that should take you from a blank VPS to a working Mezzanine
site.
http://mezzanine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/deployment.html#tutorial.
For the stable version, use the current docs and this tutorial:
http://bitofpixels.com/blog/deploying-mezzanine-to-digital-ocean-using-the-included-fabfile/.
Bottom line for both cases: You most likely don't need to touch the
fabfile, just the FABRIC dictionary that's commented out in
local_settings.py. Fabric will pull all the settings it needs from
there.
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