[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2012-04-02 Thread Yarin
As of March 2012 GAE supports neither relational DBs nor SSL on custom domains- making it a nonstarter for any production app I can think of. On Monday, March 7, 2011 6:46:01 PM UTC-5, Richard Penman wrote: Unless you need special features I recommend Google App Engine because there is no

[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2011-03-07 Thread Anthony
You should be able to host web2py apps just about anywhere you can run Python, including many shared hosts. For VPS/dedicated hosting, I think a common setup is Ubuntu and Apache. See the book for deployment instructions (http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11), including pointers to some

[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2011-03-07 Thread Kevin Ivarsen
I recently had a good experience deploying a web2py website with a VPS on hostgator.com. During peak periods we had several dozen simultaneous users hitting the site, and everything remained speedy and responsive. We used MySQL and Apache with mod_wsgi to deploy. Kevin On Mar 7, 4:12 am,

[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2011-03-07 Thread pbreit
My only advice is that if you are struggling to get web2py running on your host, don't fight it, switch. Webfaction comes up a lot as a great provider. If you are at all thinking about cloud, I say go for it. Amazon, RackSpace and Linode are great options.

[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2011-03-07 Thread Christopher Steel
I like Webfaction a lot. Once you get a handle on the Webfaction vocabulary and setup it is great, before that happens you may find yourself learning how it all works. In the end this is a good thing because you will really understand how things are setup if you ever have an issue, but it the

[web2py] Re: web2py recommended web hosting

2011-03-07 Thread Plumo
Unless you need special features I recommend Google App Engine because there is no upfront costs and easy to deploy.