lpaganete/webapp

Simple Web Application

This is a simple web application using Python Flask. This is used in the demonstration of developments.

Below are the steps required to get this working on a base linux system.

• Install all required dependencies
• Install and Configure Web Server
• Start Web Server

1. Install all required dependencies

Python and its dependencies

apt-get install -y python python-setuptools python-dev build-essential python-pip

2. Install and Configure Web Server

Install Python Flask dependency

pip install flask

• Copy app.py or download it from source repository

3. Start Web Server

Start web server

FLASK_APP=app.py flask run --host=0.0.0.0

4. Test

Open a browser and go to URL

http://<IP>:8080                        => Hello World!
http://<IP>:8080/api                    => {status: ok}