Development with Python

modify our

settings.py

. Then

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

, completes happily,

noting that the existing virtualenv already has all the packages we need.

collectstat

also notices that the static files are all already there, and finally the

migrate

completes

without a hitch.

Fabric Configuration

If you are using an SSH key to log in, are storing it in the default location, and are using

the same username on the server as locally, then Fabric should “just work”. If you aren’t

there are several tweaks you may need to apply in order to get the

fab

command to do

your bidding. They revolve around the username, the location of the SSH key to use, or

the password.

You can pass these in to Fabric at the command line. Check out:

fab --help

Or see the

Fabric documentation

for more info.

Deploying to Live

So, let’s try using it for our live site!

fab deploy

:host=elspeth@superlists.ottg.eu

$ fab deploy --host=superlists.ottg.eu

[superlists.ottg.eu] Executing task 'deploy'

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: mkdir -p /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: mkdir -p /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/databa

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: mkdir -p /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/static

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: mkdir -p /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/virtua

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: mkdir -p /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/source

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: git clone

https://github.com/hjwp/book-example.git

/ho

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: Cloning into '/home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/s

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: remote: Counting objects: 3128, done.

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: Receiving objects: 0% (1/3128)

[...]

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: Receiving objects: 100% (3128/3128), 2.60 MiB | 829 Ki

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: Resolving deltas: 100% (1545/1545), done.

[superlists.ottg.eu] out:

[localhost] local: git log -n 1 --format=%H

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: cd /home/elspeth/sites/superlists.ottg.eu/source && gi

[superlists.ottg.eu] out: HEAD is now at 6c8615b use a secret key file

[superlists.ottg.eu] out:

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: sed -i.bak -r -e 's/DEBUG = True/DEBUG = False/g' "$(e

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: echo 'ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["superlists.ottg.eu"]' >> "$(ec

[superlists.ottg.eu] run: echo 'SECRET_KEY = '\\''mqu(ffwid5vleol%ke^jil*x1mkj-4

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