I was a fan of heroku. Some pros of openshift are 3 gears instead of 1 single dyno
and each gear have a 512MB memory, 1GB local storage than read only file system.
So a total of 1.5GB Ram and 3GB storage :)
Now coming to django to openshift
install rhc using
sudo gem install rhc
create an open shift app using
rhc app create APPNAME python-2.7 -s
-s is for auto scaling
edit setup.py
nano APPNAME/setup.py
uncomment the line install_requires=['Django==xxxxxxx
and change it according to the required django version if its 1.5.1
install_requires=['Django==1.5.1']
save and exit
git commit -am 'Initial commit'
git push
django app should be put in side wsgi
cd wsgi
django-admin.py startproject PROJECTNAME
edit the file application
nano application
delete the contents and paste the new contents
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'PROJECTNAME.settings'
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR'], 'wsgi',
'PROJECTNAME'))
virtenv = os.environ['APPDIR'] + '/virtenv/'
os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = os.path.join(virtenv, 'lib/python2.6/site-packages')
virtualenv = os.path.join(virtenv, 'bin/activate_this.py')
try:
execfile(virtualenv, dict(__file__=virtualenv))
except IOError:
pass
#
# IMPORTANT: Put any additional includes below this line. If placed above this
# line, it's possible required libraries won't be in your searchable path
#
from django.core.handlers import wsgi
application = wsgi.WSGIHandler()
Now push the changes
cd ..
git add .
git commit -a -m "Project Creation"
git push
Wait for push to finish,One drawback of openshift is the time take to restart an app after a change is pushed.
will this work if you are using virtualenv/virtualenvwrapper ?
ReplyDeleteand is it possible to push to openshift and git at the same time?