For those of you who wish to do the same thing ...and have web2py running
under apache2 with ubuntu ( in my case it is ubuntu 12.04 LTS )
While the upgrade action is not possible or a bit buggy from 1.99.7 to
2.02+,
this thread is about installing the latest web2py in parallel ( or next to
) your previous installation under the defined location --> /home/www-data/
[web2py_folder] !
It is pretty straight forward !
1) make a duplicate of the file /etc/apache2/site-available/default
#in my case the default was the web2py 1.99.7 and I renamed it web2py.loc
2) change the original default you just renamed to whatever it was before,
for example, make it point to the default /var/www/ folder for other local
sites you may have like html/php sites etc ...
3) in the web2py.loc file created, change the lines
from
NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:443
to
NameVirtualHost web2py.loc:80
NameVirtualHost web2py.loc:443
by replacing the "*" with the name you want to use locally for that web2py
version installation !
4) save ! then do sudo a2ensite web2py.loc
# ( use the same name you have chosen in step 1 & 3 .. off course )
5) restart apache server with ( sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart )
Then ...
check to see on your browser if your same web2py install works under the
new name chosen
install the new web2py 2.02+ in the same directory ( /home/www-data/
[web2py2] ) # I chose that name .. you could choose another one ...
whatever ! .. )
make sure all files are owned by www-data with all related permissions !
Repeat the same steps above but by using the new file copied ( in the
example above the file copied is web2py.loc .. duplicate it and rename )
so now I have web2py2.loc
go to step 3 above and change the web2py.loc with your new name ( in this
case web2py2.loc )
in addition to that ... all reference to the /home/www-data/ [web2py] ..
should be changed to /home/www-data/ [the_new_name] like
/home/www-data/web2py2
all reference to web2py should be changed to the name of the new directory
created
like in :
<VirtualHost web2py.loc:80>
WSGIDaemonProcess web2py user=www-data group=www-data
WSGIProcessGroup web2py
WSGIScriptAlias / /home/www-data/web2py/wsgihandler.py
( bla bla bla .. )
you would change it to
<VirtualHost web2py2.loc:80>
WSGIDaemonProcess web2py2 user=www-data group=www-data
WSGIProcessGroup web2py2
WSGIScriptAlias / /home/www-data/web2py2/wsgihandler.py
( bla bla bla .. )
then do step 4 ( with a sudo a2ensite web2py2.loc )
restart apache2
and because it is a new install of web2py ( the latest version .. )
cd into this new directory before testing it :
--> cd /home/www-data/web2py2
PS. DO NOT FORGET TO HAVE THAT NEW DIRECTORY and all its contents BE OWNED
BY www-data !
and do these 2 additional steps otherwise you will not be able to login the
admin of 2.02+:
1) sudo -u www-data python -c "from gluon.widget import console; console();"
2) sudo -u www-data python -c "from gluon.main import save_password;
save_password(raw_input('admin password: '),443)"
and you are done ! ..
happy coding with the new ! without breaking your old web2py install !
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