On 6 Aug 2012, at 9:37 AM, wdtatenh <wdt...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm about to update the src code on a live site hosted by webfaction. I'm
> assuming that web2py server must be stopped and restarted.
>
> Web2py is running from the original installation script and has never had to
> be shutdown before. I've not gone through this on a live site performing a
> manual shutdown/restart, so I appreciate anyone's indulgence in this.
>
> My question is what is the normal command line instruction for shutting down
> and restarting web2py from the command line?
> I'm assuming the basic steps involved here are:
> 1. Shutdown server
Stop system cron here, if you have it running any web2py scripts.
> 2. Upload new source to the web2py folder
Here you might want to compile your app(s).
python -c "import gluon.compileapp;
gluon.compileapp.compile_application('applications/appname')"
> 3. restart server
...and system cron, if needed.
>
> Appreciate any input. Thanks
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