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Deploy Python Apps

Python is a beginner-friendly programming language popularly used for machine learning and other scientific projects. Python is served using Phusion Passenger inside NginX.

Popular Python recipes include Flask and Django. Please read our Runner's Guide first if you haven't.

Recipes​

Init​

source: clear
features:
  - python latest
root: public_html/app/static
nginx:
  passenger:
    enabled: on
    app_env: development
    app_root: public_html
    python: .pyenv/shims/python
commands:
  - pip install createflaskapp
  - create-flask-app project
  - mv project/* . ; rm -rf project
  - cat requirements.txt | grep -v "pkg-resources" > requirements.txt || true
  - pip install -r requirements.txt
  - echo "from app import app as application" > passenger_wsgi.py

A simple Flask website with create-flask-app for development.

Let's extract those recipes meaning individually.

Python environment​

The default Python version is 3.6, which is the default provided from the OS.

To change Python version used to the latest one, put this in runner:

features:
- python latest

It will install python in userland and all binaries will use it instead of the default one.

You can also install other or specific version of Python e.g. python 3.9, python 3.9.2. This action will install Python in userland with the help of webi script.

Python Error Logs​

When your Python crashed during startup, a helpful error will be displayed in the browser. This aids you to diagnose if some configuration is wrong.

(TODO) Unfortunately, we haven't found a way to capture Python error logs yet. You can utilize file-based log using logging module to capture errors.