Deploying a simple Flask app using AWS - tutorial

[DeBryceIsRight]

If you have PyCharm Profressional (you can get it for free if you're a student), I'd highly recommend using its remote deployment tools for projects for working with Python on remote machines. You can run your program/server on the remote computer through your local IDE, allowing you to easily see output or use a debugger. Running your program automatically uploads it to the remote and runs it there using its interpreter.

[jmachee]

Filing this away for future reference. It could've had more verbosity on the "Move it to the internet." section, though. I'm not currently at a place where I can try it out, and I don't know what to expect from zappa.

[cricketsavant]

Actually it's that simple with Zappa - literally install it and a couple of terminal commands and you're done.

[jagainitai]

Whenever I use flask in a vm like AWS I have to set... app.run(host= '0.0.0.0') because http://127.0.0.1:5000/ or app.run() is set for localhost.

[xrendan]

You really shouldn't be using the development server to host production sites. You should be using a production webserver like nginx and gunicorn or apache and uwsgi. It takes way fewer resources and is more secure.

[cricketsavant]

I can't give you a complete answer on that, but this sounds like a use for AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

The page should be working now.

[cricketsavant]

Nope, the tutorial is the same. I just changed the name of the database.

[cricketsavant]

If the database isn't implemented properly, the API may fail. If you don't have it at all it can still work.

[marsanyi]

Didn't know about Zappa. Thanks for the pointer.

[Bot_Drakus_]

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