How to deploy Genoscapist?

Code distribution

Clone the GitHub repository
$ git clone https://github.com/sderozier/genoscapist.git

Local deployment

1. Create a virtual environment
   $ python3 -m venv venv
2. Activate the virtual environment
   $ . venv/bin/activate
3. Install Flask
   $ pip install Flask
4. Install psycopg2
   $ pip install psycopg2
5. Export environment variables (development mode here)
   $ export FLASK_APP=__init__.py
   $ export FLASK_ENV=development
6. Configure the application by editing the config.py file
7. Launch the Flask application
   $ flask run

Genoscapist is accessible from the provided URL.

Apache WSGI deployment

Files location for the example:

• Genoscapist GitHub repository in /home/deploy_app
• virtual environment in /home/deploy_app/venv

1. Create a run.py file in /home/deploy_app directory that contains:
   
   
   
   
2. Create a wsgi.py file in /home/deploy_app directory that contains:
   
   
   
   
3. Create a genoscapist.conf file in /etc/httpd/conf.d directory that contains:
   
   

Genoscapist is accessible on http://[base_url]/genoscapist.