FYI - this thread shows the discussion around the installer. You can have them do it, or you can grab it yourself from the wiki, and use it.
http://forum.webfaction.com/viewtopic.php?pid=15862#p15862 The installers (for all sorts of applications on webfaction): http://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/InstallScripts - Yarko On Apr 20, 8:50 pm, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > It was ok... not as fast as my slicehost servers... but workable. > > They do not have a "installer" for it on their control panel, however > if you tell them you want web2py while signing up, they will run the > web2py installer script on file. Basically, it grabs the latest source > of web2py_src.zip and installs it to a user instance of apache running > that single web2py. > > The nice thing is, you get everything, cron, your own python, apache, > etc directory. I just was not expecting that with shared hosting! > > -- > Thadeus > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > how do you find webfaction speed? It has been slow for me lately, > > particularly ssh. > > > On Apr 21, 3:08 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is an additional account for a client I am working with. I have > >> heard the most success with > >> webfaction and web2py so I wanted to try it out. So good so far. > > >> I would have preferred GAE for this project, but the client did not agree. > > >> I would still use slicehost hands down if cost/time is not an issue. > >> -- > >> Thadeus > > >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:02 PM, mr.freeze <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Nice. So no more slicehost or is this an additional account? > > >> > On Apr 20, 11:47 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I just wanted to pass along how awesome webfaction rocks! > > >> >> I just signed up for an account with them. During the signup process > >> >> they ask what software you will be using with the service. I specified > >> >> OTHER->web2py. When I got the email of the server, I went to the URL > >> >> and there was already a web2py instance up and running with the > >> >> welcome application! I didn't have to do a thing! > > >> >> Go webfaction :) > > >> >> -- > >> >> Thadeus > > >> >> -- > >> >> Subscription > >> >> settings:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/subscribe?hl=en
