So far deploying web2py has been absolutely miserable. I've given up completely on trying to get pythonanywhere working. I went back to trying to use google app engine. I signed up for their google apps account. (It seems very silly that I now have a google gmail account, a google app engine account, and a google apps account just to get 1 site running).
I now have 3 things: 1. www.myapp.appspot.com (the new site I want to use) 2. www.thecurrent.com (the site on hostmonster I want to replace) 3. A google apps standard account, which I'm still not sure what purpose it actually serves I want to take the domain name www.thecurrentsite.com and use it for www.myapp.appspot.com. I've followed the google instructions to add the domain 'thecurrentsite.com' to my google app account and verify I own the domain. In the hostmonster dns settings I now have a cname alias for www listed as ghs.googlehosted.com. There is a TXT record for googles site verification, and google app has verified I own the domain. In the google app dashboard I have added the domain, accepted the terms and agreement, and can see the www.currentsite.com listed. In google app engine I have gone to the dashboard and added the domain for thecurrentsite.com. This doesn't seem to have actually done anything, and I can't find anywhere in google app engine that lists this domain or anything else I have added. This is where the instructions leave off. Everything seems to be setup correctly according to the instructions, but nothing has actually changed. I can still see the new site at www.myapp.appspot.com, but going to www.thecurrentsite.com still goes to the old site I need to replace. Looking through the hostmonster dns menu's I see a zone file record where the host points to an IP address which I assume is for the old site. I think I need to change this to whatever the ip address is of google app engine, or maybe google app? There is no mention of this setting in any of the google instructions and I'm not sure how I would find whatever the new IP address should be. I could be wrong, and maybe I shouldn't touch this setting at all but I am completely out of ideas. Has anyone had any success using a custom domain on google app engine? On Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:36:56 PM UTC-4, jjg0 wrote: > > I started checking out pythonanywhere but ran into some trouble getting my > site up. I was going through tutorials and decided to try using tortoise > hg mercurial and bitbucket to get my site from my computer to > pythonanywhere. I was able to get mercurial on my computer and working, > and upload my site to bitbucket. I can now push changes and make a > separate clone of the repository on my pc, but I still can't get the site > working on pythonanywhere. I tried using their bash console with the cmd > > hg clone https://m...@bitbucket.org/me/myproject. > > This works and I can see all my files on the pythonanywhere console, but > it seems to always create and extra folder in pythonanywhere that does not > happen on my pc. So locally I have a folder that contains > > \localfolder\.hg > \localfolder\web2py > \localfolder\.hgignore > > when I push this to bitbucket it looks like this: > > \mybitbucketproject\.hg > \mybitbucketproject\web2py > \mybitbucketproject\.hgignore > > > When I clone my repo in pythonanywhere I end up with an extra folder: > > \mypythonanywherefolder\mybitbucketproject\.hg > \mypythonanywherefolder\mybitbucketproject\web2py > \mypythonanywherefolder\mybitbucketproject\.hgignore > > I don't know why the 'mybitbucketproject' folder gets created, it looks > like pythonanywhere isn't expecting it to be there to work. I think it > should look like '\mypythonanywhere\web2py' but I end up with an extra > folder in between and my site doesn't work. I just get an Unhandled > Exception if I go to the site. If I clone my repo on bitbucket to my pc I > don't get that extra 'mybitbucketproject' folder. I don't know why it only > does that on pythonanywhere, and I'm not sure how to fix this. I really > don't know what I am doing, I only just found out what all this 'git' stuff > was today. I also had to look up what ssl was. Getting a site working > online seems to be the most difficult part for me. > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:31:49 PM UTC-4, pallav wrote: >> >> 1. I do not have any experience with HostMonster. If they give you root >> access to a Linux (hopefully Ubuntu) shell it should be straightforward to >> install web2py (using the instructions from the book). It seems that this >> option has the most unknowns for you. >> >> 2. PythonAnywhere allows you to have custom domains if you buy their Web >> Developer account ($12/month -- https://www.pythonanywhere.com/pricing/). >> They seem to be very responsive (active in user forums and blogs) and >> should be able to walk you through any issues you encounter -- probably the >> best option for you if you have limited experience. However over the last >> few weeks of using them, I have found their servers to be unresponsive at >> times (usually resolves itself within a 10-15 minutes). I'm on the free >> account though, their paid account claims more bandwidth. >> >> 3. Google App Engine also supports custom domains. You will have to first >> sign up for a Google Apps for Business ( >> http://www.google.com/intl/en/enterprise/apps/business/) account - once >> you log in, you can go into domain settings and verify that you have >> ownership of the custom domain you are claiming ( >> http://support.google.com/a/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=9196&parent=2426592&ctx=topic), >> >> then you can set the rest of it up using the instructions at >> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/domain . The cost will >> probably come out to around what the PythonAnywhere account costs. >> >> Does your app need SSL? If so, Google App Engine may not work - SSL on >> custom domain costs up to $40/month. If that is within your budget, it >> seems the most stable/supported of your options. >> >> If that is too much, PythonAnywhere offers SSL, but you will have to work >> with them via email/forums/phone (they need to install stuff manually for >> you when I checked last). >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:43:55 PM UTC-4, jjg0 wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone >>> >>> I've been asked to replace a site for someone who currently has an >>> account and domain with hostmonster. I made a demo for them they like with >>> web2py and put it on google app engine. Aside from playing around with gae >>> I've never actually deployed a web2py site. Pythonanywhere seems like it >>> would be the ideal option, in fact I probably should have been using them >>> from the beginning. But since everything I made is on gae and their >>> current site is on hostmonster, it might be too late to consider >>> pythonanywhere. For people who have experience deploying web2py, which >>> route do you think would be easier given what I currently have to work with >>> and how would I go about getting everything set up? >>> >>> 1. Just use their hostmonster account, in which case I have no idea how >>> to get web2py working with them but hostmonster claims to support python. >>> I'm guessing this would require the most work >>> >>> 2. Create a pythonanywhere account and upload the site there, then >>> somehow use their current domain name they have with hostmonster? Is that >>> even possible? If so, how? >>> >>> 3. Stay on google app engine since the site is already up and running >>> and working. Then somehow start using their domain name with hostmonster >>> instead of the generic www.mygmail.appspot.com? I've looked into this >>> but it doesn't seem possible to do so. I found some tutorials that let >>> you register a subdomain with google and use that, (register mysubdomain >>> and have www.mygmail.mysubdomain.com and play with the settings to >>> eventually use www.mysubdomain.com) but I haven't found anything that >>> lets you use a domain you already own from another company. >>> >>> Despite how clueless I am with actually launching a site, the guy who >>> owns this business is very computer illiterate and said I can go whatever >>> route I think is best. (He foolishly assumes what I think is best and what >>> actually is best are the same!) The only requirement is that the domain >>> name for the site he owns stays the same. I think this part is what I'm >>> really hung up on at the moment. >>> >>> Although I did make a demo site for them I wasn't planning on actually >>> replacing their current site for a while, but for whatever reason they >>> suddenly asked me to switch their site asap. I'm not a professional web >>> developer and I'm not actually getting paid, so I'm a little unprepared:( >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated! >>> >>> Thanks so much! >>> >>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
