ianhaddock / blog

My Blog App

Blog

Lightweight blog app used on my site, ianhaddock.com.

Uses

• Python
• Flask
• sqlite3
• Markdown

Setup

There is a Dockerfile available:

# pull the latest
$ git pull https://github.com/ianhaddock/blog.git

# build the image
$ docker image build ./ -t blog-app

# create an instance volume
$ mkdir ./instance 

# run the image
$ docker run --name blog-app -v "instance:/blog/instance" -p8080:5000 -d blog-app

Or run it directly:

# create a virtual environment
$ python -m venv venv

# enable virtual environment
$ . venv/bin/activate 

# pull the latest
$ git pull https://github.com/ianhaddock/blog.git

# install wsgi (e.g. waitress) and requirements
$ pip install waitress -r requirements.txt

# setup 
$ flask --app app init-db

# start 
$ waitress-serve --port=8080 --call app:create_app 

Sources

Started with a tutorial on Flask and decided to continue.