Openshift support is now a standard feature of psiTurk. Please update to the latest version at https://github.com/NYUCCL/psiTurk, as this repo is deprecated.

psiTurk on OpenShift

This git repository helps you get up and running quickly w/ a psiTurk installation on OpenShift.

Running on OpenShift

Create an account at http://openshift.redhat.com/ and download the command line tools at https://www.openshift.com/developers/rhc-client-tools-install

Create a python-2.7 application and add a PostgreSQL cartridge to the app

rhc app create psiturk python-2.7 postgresql-8.4 --from-code git://github.com/jbmartin/psiturk-on-openshift.git

or you can do this to watch the build

rhc app create -a psiturk -t python-2.7
rhc cartridge add -a psiturk20 postgresql-8.4

Add this upstream psiturk repo

cd psiturk
git remote add upstream -m master https://github.com/jbmartin/psiturk-on-openshift.git
git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master

Then push the repo upstream

git push

That's it, you can now checkout your application at

http://psiturk-$YOURNAMESPACE.rhcloud.com

Accessing Your Database

Run

rhc port forward -a psiturk

Connect to the database using your favorite SQL app, the PostgreSQL Local specs, and your credentials.