A Flask App in Production, Without Writing a Dockerfile

[julia-kafarska]

Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/deploy-a-flask-app

Deploy a Flask app to Light Cloud without a Dockerfile: app.py, templates and static files, gunicorn started for you on the right port, the Python version from .python-version, and settings from environment variables.

Level: Beginner · Time: about 15 minutes · Plan: Free · Stack: Python, Flask, Jinja, gunicorn

Steps

• Step 1: Create the project
• Step 2: Write the app
• Step 3: Run it on your machine
• Step 4: Push it to GitHub
• Step 5: Deploy it
• Step 6: Use it
• Step 7: Handle more requests at once

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-flask-app

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