sun2ykid / flaskwebpage

Flask Website tutorial from https://pythonprogramming.net/

FlaskWebPage

Flask Website tutorial from https://pythonprogramming.net/

requirements:

• unbuntu 16.04
• apache2
• flask
• python2.7.12
• mysql
• WTForms(a build in forms module in Flask)
• passlib (used for password encryption)
• Pygal (SVG Graphs with Flask)
• letsencrypt

path

app path: /var/www/FlaskApp

apache2 config path: /etc/apache2/sites-available/FlaskApp.conf

install

apt-get install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server

apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi

sudo a2enmod wsgi

sudo apt-get install python-MySQLdb

pip install flask-wtf

pip install passlib

pip install Flask-Mail

pip install pygal

solution:

Q: kill nginx to release port 80 for apache2

sudo netstat -tulpn | grep :80
service nginx stop
service apache2 start

Q: set root password of MySQL

mysql>set password for 'root'@'localhost' = password('mysqlpassword');

Q: ubuntu close the firewall

ufw disable