Generic starting point for a standard flask project
Designed for:
- Python 3.6
- Linux
Run the setup to rename everything to your own project name.
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install reusables
python project_setup.pyCreate your own config file at <project_name>.config.yaml
Should contain the following items:
env: production
host: 0.0.0.0
port: 8080 # Should match the one in <project_name>.nginx
session_secret: bad_secret # make real one with os.urandom(32).hex()Run the project:
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m project_nameAs on Ubuntu 18.04
As root:
apt update
apt install nginx python3-venv python3-pip apache2-utils -y
mkdir /var/log/<project_name>
addgroup <project_name>
adduser <project_name> <project_name>
htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd <admin_user>
# make the three directories of the current live site (src), backup duirng deploy (backup) and staged files for deployment (staging)
mkdir -p /opt/<project_name> /opt/<project_name>/src /opt/<project_name>/staging /opt/<project_name>/backup
# Copy project to /opt/<project_name>/src/
chown -R <project_name>:<project_name> /opt/<project_name>
sudo -u <project_name> bash -c "python3 -m venv /opt/<project_name>/venv"
sudo -u <project_name> bash -c "/opt/<project_name>/venv/bin/pip install -r /opt/<project_name>/src/requirements.txt --no-cache"
# copy SSL certificate to /etc/ssl/certs/<project_name>.crt
# copy SSL key to /etc/ssl/private/<project_name>.key
cp /opt/<project_name>/src/<project_name>.nginx /etc/nginx/sites-available/<project_name>
chown root:root /etc/nginx/sites-available/<project_name>
chmod 0644 /etc/nginx/sites-available/<project_name>
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/<project_name> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/<project_name>
rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
cp /opt/<project_name>/src/<project_name>.service /etc/systemd/system/<project_name>.service
chown root:root /etc/systemd/system/<project_name>.service
chmod 0755 /etc/systemd/system/<project_name>.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/<project_name>.service
systemctl start <project_name>.service
# Modify /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, add under http
# client_max_body_size 2M;
service nginx restart