[Web-SIG] WSGI server aimed at easy deployment and administration

[Ian Bicking]

The scope is somewhat different, but the goals similar:
http://cloudsilverlining.org


On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Randall <berryman77 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The rise of WSGI and the many server implementations is really great.
> I've configured some combinations of webservers and WSGI servers that
> are very fast and reliable.  Now that there's a good standard for
> Python web applications to build on, there is an opportunity to create
> a standard for very easy deployment and administration.
>
> Consider the common scenario where an administrator is responsible for
> half a dozen or more applications, each for a different department
> within a company.  Instead of having each application configure its
> own settings for mail servers, database connections and the
> administrator needing to configure and install various CherrPy,
> Pylons, Turbogears, etc WSGI files and dependencies, it would be nice
> if each application, regardless of framework, could be deployed as a
> single file archive.  The SMTP and database settings could be
> configured once for all applications and even application specific
> configuration could be configured by the administrator using a single
> interface.  In addition, it would provide statistics about the
> applications and allow them to be restarted individually, again from a
> uniform interface.
>
> It would provide services that the applications could access through a
> standard interface.  Mail, database, temporary files, persistent
> storage location. etc.  It should work with any WSGI application, but
> an application could opt to take advantage of the services offered.
>
> An application server like this could do wonders for getting Python
> applications into the typical enterprise (I hate to that word, but
> it's very appropriate here).  And yes, if my description sounds like
> Tomcat, that's what I had in mind.  It would of course interface with
> a web server and probably have its own HTTP server, but you'd only
> have to go through that setup once instead of once per application.
>
> What it means in the end is that after this hypothetical application
> server is set up, a new application can be deployed by uploading a
> single file archive.  For a single application deployment, it's not so
> useful, but when deploying and managing multiple applications, it
> could be a godsend to administrators and as a result to developers
> that work with them.  And best of all, it could break down barriers to
> getting Python web applications into enterprise environments.
>
> I haven't come across any current efforts to develop something like
> this and I'm finishing something else at the moment. So I wrote this
> post to document my thoughts, see if there is any interest and
> possibly get a discussion going.
>
> -Randall
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