crystal-xu / smartRecipe

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ttdsCW3

A search engine for recipes.

Deployment on the AWS2 server

1. Python

• Install python3:
yum install python37

2. Python virtual environment

• Install virtualenv:
pip3 install virtualenv
• Add environment variables:
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
• Create virtual environment:
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 djangoenv

3. Git

• Install git:
yum install git
• Download the project:
git clone https://github.com/crystal-xu/ttdsCW3.git
• Switch to dev branch:
git checkout dev

4. Install dependent libraries

• Enter the virtual environment:
source djangoenv/bin/active
• Install libraries:
pip install -r requirements.txt

5. uwsgi

• Install uwsgi:
pip install gcc python3-devel uwsgi
• Start uwsgi:
uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini

6. nginx

• Install nginx:
sudo amazon-linux-extras install nginx1
• Configure nginx:
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
• Switch to root user
• Add configurations
    location / {
  include uwsgi_params;
        uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8000;
    }
    location /static {
        alias /root/ttdsCW3/static;
    }
• Start nginx