Resources for Django on WebFaction
Entry updated June 11, 2008 at 6:37 a.m.
It feels like forever ago that patrickbeeson.com and a few of my other sites were hosted on Dreamhost. That is, of course, an increasingly distant memory now that I'm served by WebFaction's nearly fire-proof boxes.
But making a Django environment stable wasn't as turn-key as their marketing might lead you to suspect (though it's easier than Dreamhost).
In an effort to help future WebFaction Djangonauts, here are some most-read posts from WebFaction's excellent user-forum and knowledgebase.
Domain transfer
Note: WebFaction doesn't handle domain registration. You'll need to change your name servers to those used by WebFaction. Mine are still on Dreamhost.
Apache configuration
- How do I stop/start/restart my Django Apache instance?
- How to fix errors like: ImportError: No module named django.core.management
- How do I serve static content?
- Running multiple Django sites from the same Apache/mod_python instance
Django configuration
- Serving the Django admin media directly from the main Apache server
- How do I run the latest Django trunk?
- Cron + Django Script
- For Newbies - deploying your Django app
- Running "manage.py syncdb"
- Using Robots.txt file under Django in WebFaction
- Sending e-mails from Django
- Deploying A Django Application
Memory usage
Note: If you're not careful in building your Django app, you will exceed your memory limit.
- How much memory am I using?
- Tips to keep your Django/mod_python memory usage down
- Memory usage
- A script which will display your memory usage
Python
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Seven comments
Awesome writeup. You have suceeded in combining all the things which are to be known by a Djangonaut on webfaction. I want to know the pros and cons of mod_wsgi over mod_python?
@Yashh
Thanks. I've seen a forum post or two about using mod_wsgi, but that gets beyond my knowledge. I'm using mod_python, and it works. Good enough for me.
Dude. Thank you.
Thanks for the write up. :) A few comments:
That's not the case anymore. The Django installers were improved when mod_wsgi was added to the control panel. One of the improvements was fixing the restart script.
@David
Thanks for the comment! And thanks for the excellent customer service at WebFaction.
I'll amend the entry with your suggestions.
Patrick, Thanks for the great list!
useful... thanks Patrick
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