A website has been developed on a local ubuntu machine using python flask. The website runs fine on ubuntu at 127.0.0.1:5000. This website is supposed to go live on a godaddy server for which there is cpanel access. How to do it?
A website has been developed on a local ubuntu machine using python flask. The website runs fine on ubuntu at 127.0.0.1:5000. This website is supposed to go live on a godaddy server for which there is cpanel access. How to do it?
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If it’s a shared hosting solution, Answer to your question is NO, you can’t do it. In a shared hosting environment Godaddy using only a PHP Stack. so you won’t be able to use python there. Either go with VPS and configure your server. or go with a cloud service provider like Digital ocean, AWS, Linode etc.,
If your CPanel has the "Setup Python App" option (it’s CloudLinux-based), you can try to deploy there.
I had a problem where only the root URL would work and all other routes returned 404.
Add the following to the top of your .htaccess file:
Got this info from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63971427/10122266
Apologies that I couldn’t add this as a comment as I do not have sufficient rights yet. But this solution worked for me and it would be a pitty if this little gem is hidden from those who may arrive here.
So would appreciate if this post is not deleted.