This is just a quick post to remind me of the steps to resolve errors on an Apache-served Flask app. I’m using Anaconda as I’m on Puppy Linux (old PC) and some compilations give me errors. Stuff in square brackets is for you to fill in.
Log into remote server (I use ssh keys):
ssh -p [MyPort] [user]@[server]Check the error logs (the name of the log is set in the app configuration):
nano /var/log/apache2/[my_app_error].logOn a local machine clone the production Flask App (again I have ssh keys setup):
git clone git@github.com:[user]/[project].git
cd [project]Setup a local virtual environment (with the right version of python):
conda create -n [project] python=2.7Activate the environment:
source activate [project]Install requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt[Use ‘conda install X’ for stuff that has trouble compiling (‘lxml’ is a nightmare).]
Setup environment variables:
Add ‘etc/conda/activate.d’ and’etc/conda/deactivate.d’ folders in the Anaconda environments directory and set env_vars.sh files in each folder:
mkdir -p ~/anaconda3/envs/[project]/etc/conda/activate.d
touch ~/anaconda3/envs/[project]/etc/conda/activate.d/env_vars.sh
mkdir -p ~/anaconda3/envs/[project]/etc/conda/deactivate.d
touch ~/anaconda3/envs/[project]/etc/conda/deactivate.d/env_vars.sh(The ‘-p’ flag in ‘mkdir’ also creates the required parent directories.)
In the ‘activate.d/env_vars.sh’ set the environment variables:
#!/bin/sh
cd [project_path]
export HOST="127.0.0.1"
export PORT="80"
export MY_VAR = 'customvalue'
In the ‘deactivate.d/env_vars.sh’ clear the environment variables:
#!/bin/sh
unset MY_VAR
Now you should be able to run the app and have it hosted locally.
You can then test and fix the bug. Then add, commit and push the updates.
Then re-log into the remote server. Go to the project directory. Pull the updates from github. Restart the server.
cd [project]
git pull origin master
sudo service apache2 restart
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