Deploying Django on dotCloud - an insiders story

Deploying Django on dotCloud - an insiders story(blog.dotcloud.com)

40 points by elena0314 14 years ago | 9 comments

jpetazzo 14 years ago |

Btw, if people want to play with Django+MongoDB, there is this:

https://github.com/jpetazzo/django-and-mongodb-on-dotcloud

Clone the repo. Push to dotCloud. Done. You just deployed a MongoDB server and a pristine Django configured to use it :-)

dpritchett 14 years ago | |

Note to PaaS providers: Getting this type of "skeleton" on GitHub for each of the most common 10 or 20 deployment stacks would be fantastic for getting me to default to PaaS deployment.

As it stands right now I'll build my own little local Sinatra or Flask or Django app and then slowly integrate it with my own database and then flail about with VPS-hosted Apache or Nginx. I'd really love to be able to start from a nice easy deployment foundation like one of these, but retrofitting it onto an existing VPS-based solution is less fun than it oughta be.

shykes 14 years ago | | |

Check out http://github.com/dotcloud , there are quite a few of these skeletons and if you request one we'll happily add it!

prayag 14 years ago |

Just wanted to give a shout out to dotcloud.

We have been using dotcloud for our django hosting since django 1.2.6 and are very happy with the results. Their support is excellent and their platform is very easy to use. Most importantly the platform is very flexible allowing for deep configurability.

anotherjesse 14 years ago |

I'd love to see this having an actual story "deploying django on dotcloud" - this has less content than the front page of dotcloud.com

How did this get to the front page?

shykes 14 years ago | |

There's a detailed Django tutorial in dotCloud's docs: http://docs.dotcloud.com/tutorials/python/django/

dpritchett 14 years ago | |

dotCloud is a YC S10 company. The submitter is a recent hire.

I doubt there's any conspiracy about the upvoting though: Django, PaaS, and YC companies are all popular topics on HN. Having a professional marketer handling the submission couldn't hurt.

dannyr 14 years ago |

If only Dotcloud has a more affordable plan. I'd happily pay $50 to host my small, low-traffic hobby projects.

shykes 14 years ago | |

Danny, that is a common request and we have an offering coming soon that I think you will like. Feel free to contact us for a preview!