Are there any updated deployment docs available? At work we run web2py no problems but we have our own servers. At home, for all my testing sites, I use shared hosting. Below is some correspondence I've had today with my shared host:
[After emailing them the link to the deployment recipes in the documentation:] "We have looked at the page and unfortunately it doesn't look like it >> will work well with our shared Web hosting service. In particular we >> don't support mod_wsgi and you wouldn't be able to run the web2py >> built-in web server and proxy off to it either, since you don't have >> root access or the ability to run daemons (so the two installation >> methods they discuss in detail won't work). >> >> In fact the whole page assumes that you are installing Web2py on a >> dedicated or virtual private server rather than a shared Web hosting >> server. So it's likely that there would be other problems as well." >> > [After forwarding the section on mod_python:] "Unfortunately, no -- we don't use mod_python, mod_wsgi, or any of the >> other things mentioned on that page. In our experience,few shared >> hosting providers use either mod_python or mod_wsgi now, which makes us >> think that page is perhaps outdated, to be honest. >> >> We're very sorry about that. I wish we had a better answer! We had >> several people here review what they suggest, though, and we're sure >> that none of those options will work on our servers. It really does seem >> like you probably need to use a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated >> server to run that software." >> > So are there any updated instructions on deployment? I'm really just looking to have a live testing bed where I can load w2p applications and view them from external services like browserlabs etc. Hence the need for it to be live. With this host I do have shell access but no sudo or Apache config permissions. They're running the latest apache and are already set up to support Django and run several django sites already, so I think w2p is certainly doable there.
