I've tried to find a concrete answer for this but failed. I'm rather new to openshift, django and git so I hope it's not too trivial and not a duplicate.
The situation is as follows:
1. I'm developing a Django based web application and source control it using git on a private bitbucket repo. I have my regular django application source tree as needed.
2. I wish to deploy my app on openshift which comes with a different directory tree. I've been able to successfully run this quickstart:
git://github.com/rancavil/django-openshift-quickstart.git
Basically what I try to achieve is a wrapper directory (and git project) which is based on the repo specified in #2. Within this wrapper one of the subdirectories (wsgi/my_project) should be based on my private repo specified in #1.
I wish to be able to pull recent changes from the private repo and then push and deploy to openshift these changes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I was also struggling with openshift structure. But there is no need for doing the staff like you have proposed.
You can have any structure of a project you want. Openshift will need just wsgi/application or wsgi.py as an entry point. I think that having one more file in your project is hardly a problem.
My current structure for a project (got it running recently) is following:
|- .openshift (directory for build and deployment hooks like syncdb or collectstatic commands)
|- custom_project (directory that is you django project)
\- templates
|- settings.py
|- urls.py
|- manage.py
|- requirements.txt
|- wsgi.py
There is really no need to have project under wsgi folder. However there are few more pitfalls to be aware of. Like creating static folder or setting .htaccess for static files.
Including my wsgi.py:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import logging
try:
virtenv = os.environ['OPENSHIFT_PYTHON_DIR'] + '/virtenv/'
virtualenv = os.path.join(virtenv, 'bin/activate_this.py')
execfile(virtualenv, dict(__file__=virtualenv))
except (IOError, KeyError):
pass
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", 'custom_project.settings')
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()
I have used a lot of resources to make my project running on openshift so I'm also including them for other.
bitbucket and openshit repos: Can I use my existing git repo with openshift?
Slides with necesary steps: http://appsembler.com/blog/paas-bakeoff-comparing-stackato-openshift-dotcloud-and-heroku-for-django-hosting-and-deployment/
And the most important one, the really well written step-by-step tutorial: http://www.paascheatsheet.com/#Introduction
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I am writing a reusable Django app and having problems creating migrations.
I have looked at this question, and I'm still confused. I have the following sort of directory structure:
django-mycleverapp/
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/__init__.py
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/apps.py
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/models.py
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/urls.py
django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/views.py
django-mycleverapp/example/
django-mycleverapp/example/manage.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/
django-mycleverapp/example/example/__init__.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/settings.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/urls.py
django-mycleverapp/setup.py
As you can see, the directory "django_mycleverapp" contains my reusable app and the directory "example" contains a test project.
I include the models of "django_mycleverapp" in the INSTALLED_APPS section of the settings for "example".
However, running python ~/example/manage.py makemigrations django_mycleverapp doesn't build any migrations.
Any suggestions?
How am I meant to have a test project that will build migrations in "/django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/migrations"?
Your app should be in the directory of your project. Your directory hierarchy should look like this.
django-mycleverapp/
django-mycleverapp/example/
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/__init__.py
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/apps.py
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/models.py
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/urls.py
django-mycleverapp/example/django_mycleverapp/views.py
django-mycleverapp/example/manage.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/
django-mycleverapp/example/example/__init__.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/settings.py
django-mycleverapp/example/example/urls.py
django-mycleverapp/example/setup.py
If you do not want your app to be part of your "example" project, but rather want it to be separated and used by your project "example", you'll have to install it in your project using pip (this requires to have a setup.py at the root of your app).
For instance if you have published your app on a git repository "https://gitlab.com/myuser/myproject.git", you can add to our requirements.txt:
git+https://gitlab.com/myuser/myproject.git#v1.0#egg=myapp_name
If you don't have your app published on a git repository yet, you can add the absolute path to your app to you requirements.txt:
/path/to/django-mycleverapp/django_mycleverapp/
Don't forget to work in a virtualenv when you use pip.
I keep getting an error that says no module named backend, this is the directory where my webapp2 application is.
My folder structure:
/project
/backend
/env #python virtual env libraries
main.py #my main entry point where webapp2 app instance is
requirements.txt
app.yaml
My app.yaml:
service: default
handlers:
- url: /dist
static_dir: dist
- url: /.*
script: backend.main.app
libraries:
- name: webapp2
version: latest
- name: jinja2
version: latest
Before my app.yaml was in backend, but I decided to move to root. Now when I run dev_appserver.py in root, I keep getting ImportError: No module named backend
I created the virualenv and installed the requirements.txt packages inside the backend directory.
EDIT: I am unsure if this makes a difference, but I have already deployed my application when the app.yaml was inside the backend folder. I am guessing this should not matter since I am trying to test locally by moving the app.yaml in my project root and running dev_appserver.py app.yaml, but it seems to not work when I do this.
The directory containing the app.yaml file for a GAE service is the service's top-level directory. The content of this directory is what will be uploaded to GAE when you deploy the service. All paths referenced in the service's code or configurations are relative to this top level dir. So moving the app.yaml file around without updating the related code and configurations accordingly will break the app's functionality.
You don't seem to grasp the meaning of the script: statement very well. From Handlers element:
A script: directive must be a python import path, for example,
package.module.app that points to a WSGI application. The last
component of a script: directive using a Python module path is the
name of a global variable in the module: that variable must be a WSGI
app, and is usually called app by convention.
Note: just like for a Python import statement, each subdirectory that
is a package must contain a file named __init__.py
So, assuming your app.yaml file is located in your project dir, the
script: backend.pythonAttack.app
would mean:
having an __init__.py file inside the backend dir, to make backend a package
having a pythonAttack.py file in the backend dir, with an app variable pointing to your webapp2 application
According to your description you don't meet any of these conditions.
My recommendation:
keep the app.yaml inside the backend dir (which doesn't need to be a python package dir)
update its script line to match your code. Assuming the app variable for your webapp2 app is actually in the main.py file the line would be:
script: main.app
run the app locally by explicitly passing the app.yaml file as argument (in general a good habit and also the only way to run apps with multiple services and/or a dispatch.yaml file):
dev_appserver.py backend/app.yaml
store your service python dependencies inside a backend/lib directory (to follow the naming convention), separated from your virtualenv packages
store the env virtualenv package dir outside the backend directory to prevent unnecessarily uploading them to GAE when deploying the service (and potential interference with the app's operation). The goal of the virtualenv is to properly emulate the GAE sandbox locally so that you can run the development server correctly.
Potentially of interest for structuring a multi-service app: Can a default service/module in a Google App Engine app be a sibling of a non-default one in terms of folder structure?
I am new to web development and git. I have created a project which i have hosted on pythonanywhere.com. I pushed my code to github and then cloned it to pythonanywhere. I have some information in my settings.py file which i want to hide on github. So how can i make changes to the project on my local machine and update it on github and from there to pythonanywhere without revealing the hidden info.
As i said i am new to using git, so i am unaware of many tools that come with it. What is the proper way to do this?
Simple solutions is:
create settings_local.py near your settings.py
move all sensitive stuff to settings_local.py
add following code to import sensitive settings to settings.py:
try:
from .settings_local import * # noqa
except ImportError:
pass
add settings_local.py to .gitignore so git would exclude it from commits
remove sensitive data from GitHub following this guide
create settings_local.py on pythonanywhere and your local machine manually or with some script
I'm trying to set up Pinax and I'm new to everything involved (Django, Pinax, webservers, etc). I'm following http://pinax.readthedocs.org/en/latest/gettingstarted.html
When I generate a project using:
(mysite-env)$ pinax-admin setup_project -b basic mysite
The directory structure I get is:
apps __init__.py manage.py settings.pyc urls.py
dev.db __init__.pyc requirements static urls.pyc
fixtures locale settings.py templates wsgi.py
Which as far as I can tell is missing the deployment folder (when you compare to the directory structure shown here : http://pinax.readthedocs.org/en/latest/starterprojects.html). It doesn't seem to be effecting anything yet, but it makes me nervous. What is going on and is the fact I'm missing the deployment folder going to cause problems in the future?
I'm running Ubuntu and using python 2.7. I had the same behaviour with Windows 7, python 2.6
Thanks!
The new Django versions have made the old pinax pretty much useless. Now Django supports project templates and Pinax is separated into several smaller projects regarding starter projects (such as pinax-project-account) and apps (such as django-user-account).
The current way to use pinax is to choose a starter project, and then running something like:
$ django-admin.py startproject --template=https://github.com/pinax/pinax-project-account/zipball/master <project_name>
and then install requirements:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
This will create a new Django project using the starter-project as a template, which already includes a few apps (like django-user-account) and templates (with bootstrap!). The project is ready to run, and already includes a bunch of functionality (like user registration, login and management).
Also, Django has changed the project directory structure a bit, so now it doesn't really look like that anymore.
I have been using Django a long time but I recently upgraded to 1.4.
When I created a new project, here is how it was made:
-my_proj
-my_app
-settings.py
-urls.py
-wsgi.py
-venv
-manage.py
-requirements.txt
I am working on my local machine as well as on Heroku. The issue is how I am supposed to refer to modules.
When I am on my local machine, everything seems like it is supposed to be referred to as my_proj.my_app. However, when I am on Heroku, everything has to be referred to as my_app.
Does anyone know of some areas that I should look that might be causing this problem?
Moving your my_app dir to the root directory of your project (where manage.py is located), as it was done in Django tutorial for Django 1.4 will make it a top level module and will allow you to import them just as my_app on your local machine. I would suggest trying this and checking whether Heroku behaves the same.
Alternatively, adding an empty __init__.py, if there there isn't one already, in your my_proj directory might also help Heroku see my_proj as a top-level module, thus allowing you to import your app as my_proj.my_app.
I hope my advice was insightful and helpful.
Good luck!