flask-hello-world

This is a simple flask application

Overview

Running this app

This app is designed to run in different ways:

As a standalone app running on your machine
As a Docker container running locally
As a Docker image published in Docker Hub
As an application hosted by IBM Cloud

1. As a standalone app

install python
git clone the project then cd into the directory
run virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venvor python -m venv venv to create a virtual environment
activate it using source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt to install the app libaries and it dependencies

running the app

After installing, run the server using python app.py Access the running app in a browser at the URL written to the console (most likely http://localhost:5000)

2. As a Docker container running on your machine

install Docker
run docker --version to check if docker is installed
run docker build -t flask-hello-world:latest . to build the docker image
docker images list the local avaible images
run docker run --name flask_hello_world -d -p 8000:5000 --rm flask-hello-world:latest to start the container
Navigate to http://localhost:8000 in a browser to see the results. If you want to share it with your local network devices navigate to http://[your-ip-address]:8000

3. As a Docker image published in Docker Hub

Docker Hub is a free service to publicly store available images.

you need to install only Docker
just run docker run -d -p 8080:5000 --name flask ahmnouira/flask-hello-world

4. As an application hosted by IBM Cloud

Before you begin, verify that you have completed the below steps:

you have access to an IBM Cloud account.
the IBM Cloud CLI is installed in your workstation.

clone the repository by running git clone https://github.com/AhmNouira/flask-hello-world
cd flask-hello-world
run bx login to login to your IBM cloud account and enter your email and password
bx target --cf to target the Cloud Foundary To check the default organization and space to which you have access, go to https://cloud.ibm.com/account/cloud-foundry.
bx cf push to push the application to IBM Cloud
if you found any error run bx cf logs flask-hello-world --recent to see the troubleshoot
check whether your app is running bx cf app flask-hello-world
to explore how your app directories are structured bx cf ssh flask-hello-world

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