Simple Web Application
This is a simple web application using Python Flask and MySQL database. This is used in the demonstration of development of Ansible Playbooks.
Below are the steps required to get this working on a base linux system.
- Install all required dependencies
- Install and Configure Web Server
- Start Web Server
1. Install all required dependencies
Python and its dependencies
apt-get install -y python python-setuptools python-dev build-essential python-pip python-mysqldb
2. Install and Configure Web Server
Install Python Flask dependency
pip install flask
pip install flask-mysql
- Copy app.py or download it from source repository
- Configure database credentials and parameters
3. Start Web Server
Start web server
FLASK_APP=app.py flask run --host=0.0.0.0
4. Test
Open a browser and go to URL
http://<IP>:5000 => Welcome
http://<IP>:5000/how%20are%20you => I am good, how about you?