Deploy Django Project on Hostgator shared hosting - python

I am currently delving into the world of Django and have aspirations to bring my small project to fruition by deploying it. I have secured a cloud hosting plan with Hostgator for one year, which is a shared hosting option. Although my budget is currently limiting me from utilizing more advanced hosting solutions such as AWS or DigitalOcean.
I reached out to Hostgator's customer support team for guidance, but was informed that while they could assist me with deploying the app on the server, they would not be able to provide further support.
As a novice, I am still on the hunt for resources that can guide me through the deployment process in a comprehensive manner. I would be immensely grateful for a roadmap that can guide me through this process and any recommendations for online resources that are tailored for beginners such as myself, who are eager to learn.
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I have a Django app hosted on AWS Lambda (deployed using Zappa tool) an using RDS for hosting the Postgres database. The app is having performance issues with some pages loading very slowly but not others, making me think that the issue is with poorly written data interactions.
I remember at work, the devs were using Azure Application Insights which was monitoring apps at a code level. I think the devs had to insert code throughout their apps to get the monitoring, and I think it monitored on a page by page and code line by line basis.
Is there any similar tool on AWS which I could use with my App?
I appreciate there are much simpler ways of solving my problem but I thought an AWS tool would be something neat to learn.

Yes, there are a few monitoring and troubleshooting tools that work on the AWS environment.
These tools will help you both dive-in into a specific invocation, thus let you understand what wasted the time, but also understand higher-level insights, such as the average time to a DB call or any 3rd party.
Disclosure: I'm working for Lumigo, which is a company that does exactly that. Here's a screenshot that shows this behavior:

Amazon ec2 - Deploying a python app

I read though the whole docs and I learned a lot. Many parts really well documented. http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/
The problem is I am a newbie in web development. I know how to deploy my app on gae but I don't know how to deploy it on a remote virtual server.
Amazon doesn't really explain how to deploy a python app. The have complete solutions for .net java and php with 'ealsticbeanstalk', but not for python. They mentioned a 3rd party AMI called "ActivePython" but this didn't help me much.
I hope you can clear things up for me.
Thanks.

If you are using DJango try looking at bitnami
bitnami's Django - this really makes things easier
I deployed a Django app on EC2 recently and my 'brain dump' is here

Python resources for cloud computing learning?

Is there a book or resource for learning cloud in Python or Scala? I know Django and app-engine but I am not that interested in learning more about a client framework. I'm interested in learning the core thing.

Steve Marx published a blog post describing a python sample running in Windows Azure, with the Rocket web server. The code is on github.
This will show you some interesting elements of setting up a python app in Windows Azure, including startup tasks. You'll still want to take a look at the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit to get a deeper understanding of Windows Azure.

Python RESTfull Server

I am new in python and I have to run a project about web services with the following specs:
Windows Server (2003/2008)
REST architecture enabled
Python platform (any version)
My questions are:
Which web server fits better (IIS, Apache, ...)?
May I use GoogleAppEngine for commercial purposes?
In order to make RESTful web services on windows which python modules I will have to have?
Does anyone have a better architecture in his mind about these specs?
Thank you in advance,

Which web server fits better (IIS, Apache, ...)?
Fits what better? Fits Windows? Fits RESTful web services?
It doesn't much matter. Which ever one you can configure and manage.
In order to make RESTful web services on windows which python modules I will have to have?
All of them.
REST is simply a small extension to HTTP. Any web server and web framework can do it.
Many of us use Django and Piston. Some use Werkzeug.
Google "Django REST" or "Python REST" and you'll find a real lot of great alternatives.
Does anyone have a better architecture in his mind about these specs?
Since this is so vague, it's not possible to have a "better" architecture. Details would be required so suggest any improvements.

uWSGI on nginx.
Yes, just enable billing and set a budget.
A lot of people like CherryPy for RESTful services.
Not unless you provide a list of requirements, there is way too many options.

For Python support, what company would be best to get hosting from?

I want to be able to run WSGI apps but my current hosting restricts it. Does anybody know a company that can accommodate my requirements?

My automatic response would be WebFaction.
I haven't personally hosted with them, but they are primarily Python-oriented (founded by the guy who wrote CherryPy, for example, and as far as I know they were the first to roll out Python 3.0 support).

I am a big fan of Slicehost -- you get root access to a virtual server that takes about 2 minutes to install from stock OS images. The 256m slice, which has been enough for me, is US$20/mo -- it is cheaper than keeping an old box plugged in, and easy to back up. Very easy to recommend.

Plug plug for PythonAnywhere, our own modest offering in this space.
We offer free hosting for basic web apps, with 1-click config for popular frameworks like Django, Flask, Web2py etc. MySql is included, and you also get full suite of browser-based development tools like an editor and a console...

I have been using WebFaction for years and very happy with the service. They are not only python oriented. You should be able to run anything within the limitations of shared hosting (unless of course you have a dedicated server).
They are probably not the cheapest hosting service though. I don't know the prices. But I can still remember very well my previous hosting provider was unreachable for a week (not their servers, I mean the people).

I've been pretty happy with Dreamhost, and of course Google AppEngine.

Google App engine and OpenHosting.com
Have virtual server by OpenHosting, they are ultra fast with support and have very high uptime.

Check out http://pythonplugged.com/
They are trying to collect information on Python hosting providers using variuos technologies (CGI, FCGI, mod_python, mod_wsgi, etc)

I advise you to have a look at http://www.python-cloud.com
This PaaS platform can automatically scale up and down your application regarding your traffic. You can also finely customize if you want vertical, horizontal or both types of scalability. The consequence of this scaling is that you pay as you go : you only pay for your real consumption and not the potential one.
Deployment via git.
Non AWS, hosted in tier-4+ datacenters.
Free trial ;)

I use AWS micro server, 1 year free and after that you can get a 3 year reserved which works out to about $75/yr :) The micro server has only 20MB/sec throughput, ~600MB of ram, and a slower CPU. I run a few Mezzanine sites on mine and it seems fine.

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