[Grok-dev] Re: VirutalEnv, is it for deployment (what about startup init.d)

[Tres Seaver]

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David Bain wrote:

> I'm wondering, I use virtualenv for development, but should I use it for
> deploying a grok application.

We use it for deploying grok under mod_wsgi,

> How might this be done?

Under mod_wsgi, you set the 'python-path' of the process to point to the
virtualenv.

> WSGIDaemonProcess grok threads=1 processes=4 maximum-requests=10000 user=tseaver
>  python-path=/home/repoze/www/grok.repoze.org/lib/python2.4/site-packages

> I'm especially interested in how a virtualenv may be started with an
> init.dscript to ensure proper startup at boot time.

If you are starting the server via paste, you should just be able to
point to the 'bin' directory of the virtualenv in your init.d script.


Tres.
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