snap-flask

Nearly instant setup of a new Flask application.

Development Stack

• Localhost: Vagrant + Virtualbox
• Server Version: Ubuntu 13.04 Server (Raring Ringtail)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Web Server: Nginx
• App Server: uWSGI on Supervisord

Server Layout

• 1 Load Balancer
• 2 Web/App Servers
• 1 Database Server

Getting Started

• Install the latest Virtualbox from https://www.virtualbox.org/
• Install the latest Vagrant from http://www.vagrantup.com/
• Clone this repo
• In terminal, cd to the root of the repo
• vagrant up
• Load balanced website is now available at http://192.168.50.1. Feel free to add it to your hosts file or router DNS.

Server Access

• Log into the load balancer with vagrant ssh lb
• Log into the database server with vagrant ssh db
• Log into the 1st web server with vagrant ssh web1
• Log into the 2nd web server with vagrant ssh web2