On Jul 30, 12:29 am, [email protected] wrote: > Hi pals, > > Today I start my day 1 with webfaction. Here come some experience and > thoughts to share. > > a. web2py installation will be smooth if you use these install script [1] & > [2], and follow its docstring instructions. (One bug in [2] is found and > fixed today.) > > b. If you use the "latest stable source" install script [1], you will be > trapped because your web2py admin is unable to upload any app, just giving > out a unhelpful message "unable to install application your_app". (To > Massimo: It is unhelpful because gluon/admin.py 's most helper functions > absorb all exception but give no meaningful feedback -- not a good practice I > think.) > > Real cause and solution: Use ssh to login and then: > mkdir ~/webapps/your_chosen_name/web2py/deposit > > Besides, you are unable to import any module until you: > touch ~/webapps/your_chosen_name/web2py/applications/__init__.py > > (To Massimo: These are easy to be fixed in web2py_src.zip, aren't they?) > > c. If you are using the "hg trunk install", pay attention > tohttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/1937fae4b080e4ef > > Now the thoughts and questions. > > Which wsgi mode is webfaction using to serve web2py according to this setup > script [1] and [2]? Is it "embedded mode" or "daemon mode"? (See more about > the two modes athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/2ebe817c9bd2b0bb) > > How many web2py process are actually running? I saw 3 apache are running. I > guess they are one parent for listening and two children for real job? > > If there are more than one web2py process, what caveat need to be aware? > AFAIK: > > 1. cache.ram() still works, but is not that effective because content are not > shared by 2 (or more) web2py processes, so need to use cache.disk or > cache.memcache instead. More discussion is available > here.http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/9993d61782c9b11d > > 2. The cron. According to [3], I'd better setup external cron. Fine, but are > the 2 wsgi web2py processes already running in soft cron mode by default? And > if yes, how to disable them to avoid conflict? > > 3. Anything else I missed? > > I hope to form some guidelines for new comers who, just like me, are not wsgi > expert. > > Thanks in advance! > > [1]http://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/Web2py-LatestSource > [2]http://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/Web2pyHgTrunkInstall > [3]http://web2py.com/book/default/section/4/17?search=cron > > Sincerely, > Iceberg, 2010-Jul-29, 22:04(PM), Thu
One more big problem, my app on webfaction keeps asking me to re-login within every few minutes. Why is that? @_@ Anybody who is using webfaction can share some info? Thanks
