Python 3.5.0 + Nginx + Circus + Django on Openshift

Running on local

requirements

Install virtualenvwrapper virtualenvwrapper and pip-tools, create a virtualenv

pip install virtualenvwrapper
pip instal pip-tools
mkvirtualenv envName
workon envName

In order to automatically add required environment vars install autoenv

Install requirements:

cd requirements
pip-sync common.txt dev.txt

To add new requirements... add to requirements/common.in, then compile

cd requirements
pip compile common.in
#if it's only needed in dev environment add to dev.in
pip compile dev.in
pip-sync common.txt dev.txt

Sync your db for the first time (In app folder )

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py

Create superUser:

python manage.py createsuperuser

run:

python manage.py runserver

Setting up Openshift

Create the Openshift application with a DIY and Postgresql 8.4 cartridge (also works on MySQL and SQLite out-of-the-box):

$ rhc app create <exampleapp> diy-0.1 postgresql-8.4
$ cd <exampleapp>
$ git remote add upstream -m master git:/github.com/sergicolladosopra/openshift-diy-nginx-circus-django.git
$ git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master
$ git push

Configuration

Circus and Nginx configs are located in configs/ dir. Environments variables in this configs will substitute on deploy stage.
If you want change the name of the Django project, please change it in the file .appname too.
Django project is configured to work with PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQLite (in this priority order).
Also this Django project will work on local machine: it will use SQLite, static and media folders will located in project folder.

Pre build stage

The 'pre_build' hook script performs the following actions:

Installs Python 3.5.0
Installs Virtualenv 1.9.1 and creates virtualenv in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/virtualenv
Installs Nginx 1.4.0

You can install any version as you want, just change versions variables in this script

Build stage

Installs a pip packages from 'requirements.txt' (Django>=1.5, psycopg2, uwsgi, Pillow)

Feel free to edit this file, but leave Circus and Django.

Deploy stage

Creates static and media dirs ($OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/static/static and $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/static/media) for Django
Substitute environments variables to Nginx and Circus configs and copy its to $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR

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