Good news, everyone! According to recent testing, web2py runs on DotCloud like a charm.
I've put up a little tutorial: http://docs.dotcloud.com/static/tutorials/web2py/ It's still very basic and certainly needs to be refined, but I hope it's sufficient to get started. Best regards, On Jan 24, 6:59 pm, Solomon Hykes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm the co-founder and CEO of DotCloud. We're eager to make it as easy > as possible to deploy web2py on our service! I'd like to offer 2 > things: > > 1. Beta invites for anyone on this group who is interested. Just > mention the web2py mailing list in our registration form (http:// > dotcloud.com) > > 2. All the help you need putting together a "dotcloud on web2py" > tutorial. If you're interested in participating, let me know and we'll > get started. > > As for requirements.txt and wsgi.py, it's pretty straightforward - > you'll find more information in the docs [1] but I'll be happy to > elaborate privately if needed. > > I hope this can be helpful to the web2py community. > > All the best, > Solomon Hykes > > [1]http://docs.dotcloud.com/static/components/python/ > > On Jan 23, 2:27 pm, SaltyCow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Bruno, > > > I just got a beta account ondotcloud. I saw here that you've been > > experimenting with the service and I'm wondering whether you have any > > advice for installing and running web2py in that environment. I've > > read their docs, but they mostly describe a django installation. For > > web2py, it seems that we might want to create one service for the > > administration app and separate services for each deployed > > application, but I'm not sure. I'm also a bit confused about what info > > needs to be included in the wsgi.py and requirements.txt config files. > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > Thanks...>Jeff > > > On Jan 9, 10:21 am, Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am playing with free beta ondotcloud(this will be great). > > > > for free that runs web2py I just know one (shared limited plan is free): > > > >http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/ > > > > <http://www.alwaysdata.com/plans/shared/>http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples > > > > <http://web2py.alwaysdata.net/examples>BTW, I do not know any other that > > > works like heroku. > > > > 2011/1/9 Syed <[email protected]> > > > > > Are there any application hosting services for web2py that are similar > > > > to the following (for other frameworks): > > > > > Heroku for Ruby on Rails > > > > Djangy for Django > > > > Pantheon for Drupal > > > > > I know that it's possible to use GAE for hosting, but there are some > > > > limitations to going that route. I understand that Webfaction offers > > > > hosting, but it's just normal shared hosting, right? It would be great > > > > if there was a fire-and-forget application hosting option for web2py > > > > just like Heroku or Engine Yard. > > > > -- > > > > Bruno Rochahttp://about.me/rochacbruno/bio
