How to install askbot on free hosting account at alwaysdata.com?

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asked May 12 '10

The answer is here. It should just work, if you have any problems - please report them.

edit: please keep in mind that the free account is quite limited and probably should not be used for a real life application.

Answer 1

answered May 12 '10

Evgeny

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As I've tested, installation fits into a the free disk quota and the application works, however some performance improving tricks are possible - will update later.

Answer 2

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answered May 13 '10

jeremy
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Thanks for the help. However I'm kind of disapointed. Don't askbot warns people through email? I thought it did but I got no emails warning me about answers to my questions. Is that normal?

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Askbot has a E-Mail notification function. Did you set up E-Mail notification in the setup_local.py file? In the block starting with "SERVER_EMAIL"? Pekka (May 13 '10)

Automatic notification. I mean, like you answer to my question and I'm warned about it. Why didn't I received any from this site? jeremy (May 13 '10)

hey, email updates are now running. you won't get updates on anything that you've already seen, b/c forum keeps track of that per user. Also no emails are sent about new comments (yet). Evgeny (May 13 '10)

Good. But are they instant or not? jeremy (May 13 '10)

They are delayed now. I will add instant updates on responses by monday. Looks like there will be two notification systems - one instant and one delayed. Most users will want delayed once a day or once a week notification, but instant notification is a good idea for responses and most eager users. Evgeny (May 13 '10)

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Answer 3

answered Aug 23 '10

hector
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The instructions in the wiki seem to be outdated. For example, there's no

django_site/settings_local.py

and the changes that it suggests are located in the file

django_site/askbot/setup_templates/settings.py

should I copy the former to the latter? or should I change it right where it is?

Hector, I've updated and tested instructions - on the same wiki page. Evgeny (Aug 23 '10)

Answer 4

answered Sep 08 '10

marco gualtieri
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updated Sep 08 '10

The install is now running into several obstacles and doesn't work as is. First of all it renames the tar file "master" and then halts installation before creating the django_site directory. Second, more annoying, is that setup.py tries to fetch the django toolbar program dependency at a website that is down, so that setup.py also halts -- this is a problem I have even in installing it on my own system.

I am looking forward to one day using askbot but as it is now, none of the installation instructions actually work.

EDIT: the alwaysdata installation instructions now work.

Hi Marco, the script got broken, thanks for letting me know. Please try the same instructions again (but wipe out all the things you've dowloaded). I've removed the debug_toolbar from the dependencies. Also - please note that free alwaysdata is very limited and might suit your real-life needs. Evgeny (Sep 08 '10)
I wiped out all the directories which are installed before. But now the script goes over memory and we get settings.py being 0 bytes as well as manage.py and init.py. Also in the installation instructions you should remove the obsolete instructions concerning old version of Django. marco gualtieri (Sep 08 '10)
Also, now that you have fixed that script, does this fix also apply to the usual installation? I was getting the same problems with debug_toolbar when I attempted installation on my own computer. Marco marco gualtieri (Sep 08 '10)
yes, the normal installation should work, I've removed toolbar from the dependencies - it's not necessary unless you write code. The "over memory" problem will probably go away after you kill any jobs, log out and then log in again. Evgeny (Sep 08 '10)
what happens if you type `python` and then `import _mysql` into the python shell? do you see error messages? Evgeny (Sep 08 '10)

Answer 5

answered Nov 04 '11

WilliamF
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This is a well-written how-to - thanks. As of Nov. 2011, the setup file no longer contains the lines :

...
if sys.platform not in WIN_PLATFORMS
    install_requires.append('mysql-python')

So, they can't be commented out, which was a bit confusing, but one goes on. However the install went way over the alwaysdata limits. I ended up springing for the 9e service and when the install was finished it was at 27 Mb. No worries, I can afford 9e a month.

However, when I start askbot (python manage.py runserver) I get an error message saying settings.py can't be found, which ends up being an import error, where settings.py can't find the module for djcelery (and others) even though the modules are right there.

Have to say I'm quite lost at this point. Believe I've followed the instructions but haven't got the python kung fu to debug.

William, I am sorry but the earliest we can respond is this Sunday, we are at a conference tomorrow. Looks like the issue is with the python paths.
Evgeny (Nov 04 '11)

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