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Django specific packages that aid and facilitate deployment of Django projects.
Features currently being evaluated
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Base library | buildout or fabric or something else |
| Supported operating systems | |
| Does not require VCS for project code updates | project doesn't have to be stored in VCS in order to be deployed |
| Designed to be plugged into existing projects | Is the app designed to be plugged into existing projects or does it provide basic project to build on? |
| Supported databases | Database engines the app can set up or work with. |
| Web servers | How is python code executed. |
| Docs | |
| Tests |
| Package | djangorecipe | django-mediasync | django-fab-deploy | makesite | django-config-gen | django-demo | django-sitepush | django-startproject | django-template-project | woven | caktus-deployment | django-deployment-script | django-fab | django-fabtastic | django-in-a-box | django-liberace | django-project-templates | fabdeploy | fab-pave | fabric-deploy-django | fabulator | generic_django_project | Great Big Crane | overmind | silk-deployment | ubuntu2django |
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| Description |
Toolkit to simplify static media development and deployment. |
A collection of Fabric scripts for deploying and managing django projects on Debian/Ubuntu servers using virtualenv, pip, nginx and apache ... |
makesite is a collection of scripts for deploying and managing web projects |
Generates configuration files for Apache, Nginx, etc. using values in settings.py and the Django template system. You can write your ... |
Redeploy Django projects using management commands |
Boilerplate code for new Django projects. |
Just a basic Django project template with some nice productivity features which simplify any new project startup. Feedback would be ... |
Woven is a Python library built on Fabric to deploy versioned Django projects served by Apache and Nginx on Linux ... |
Fabric deployment script for Django applications |
Common methods to help create fabric deplopment scripts for django |
A set of Fabric and Django management commands DUO uses. |
Simple starter pack for production-scale Django deployments, using FastCGI + lighttpd. |
Fabulous django deployment (from git) |
A set of Paster templates for Django projects, including a fabric deployment script |
A Fabric script for paving a single web/database server |
Fabric "fabfile.py" that can easily be used to deploy a Django project using virtualenv and pip. | deployment system using fabric |
starting point for a new Django site (with FeinCMS, deployable on Apache or Nginx using Fabric) |
A complete server management application |
A Fabric-based tool for setting up Python WSGI apps to run on an ubuntu/nginx/supervisord/gunicorn sta... |
A fabric script to install django on a fresh ubuntu installation | |||||
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| Last updated | July 8, 2011, 3:27 p.m. | Dec. 1, 2011, 4:57 p.m. | Nov. 27, 2011, 9:20 a.m. | Nov. 9, 2011, 8:39 p.m. | Feb. 6, 2012, 11:20 a.m. | Jan. 25, 2012, 10:20 a.m. | Dec. 11, 2011, 5:57 p.m. | Nov. 23, 2011, 4 a.m. | Nov. 19, 2010, 9:02 p.m. | Dec. 9, 2009, 2:55 p.m. | Jan. 28, 2010, 6:40 a.m. | Feb. 16, 2012, 11:51 a.m. | Jan. 31, 2010, 7:40 a.m. | Jan. 4, 2012, 4:55 p.m. | March 28, 2010, 9:16 a.m. | Jan. 17, 2012, 8:53 p.m. | April 28, 2011, 9:29 p.m. | Oct. 14, 2011, 1:31 p.m. | Nov. 25, 2010, 5:54 p.m. | Feb. 19, 2012, 11:06 a.m. | Feb. 7, 2012, 1 a.m. | March 5, 2010, 1:59 p.m. | ||||
| Version | 1.1.2 | 2.2.0 | 0.7.3 | 0.9.22 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.0-beta-1 | 0.1dev2 | n/a | n/a | 0.8 | n/a | n/a | 1.0.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.3.12 | n/a |
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| Package | djangorecipe | django-mediasync | django-fab-deploy | makesite | django-config-gen | django-demo | django-sitepush | django-startproject | django-template-project | woven | caktus-deployment | django-deployment-script | django-fab | django-fabtastic | django-in-a-box | django-liberace | django-project-templates | fabdeploy | fab-pave | fabric-deploy-django | fabulator | generic_django_project | Great Big Crane | overmind | silk-deployment | ubuntu2django |
| Base library | buildout | fabric | shell scripts | buildout | fabric | fabric | fabric | fabric, apache-libcloud | fabric | fabric | fabric | Paver | fabric | fabric, Paster | fabric | fabric | fabric | fabric | buildout | libcloud | fabric | fabric | ||||
| Supported operating systems | Debian Lenny
Debian Squeeze Ubuntu 10.10 experimental: Ububti 10.04 | Ubuntu, Debian | Linux | Ubuntu | Linode, Rackspace or EC2 VM | Ubuntu? | Ubuntu
Debian OS X (needs work) dreamhost (needs work) freebsd (needs work) | Amazon EC2 image with Ubuntu Karmic | Debian, Ubuntu | Debian/Ubuntu based Linux | any OS image can be deployed to EC2 and Rackspace | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | |||||||||||||
| Does not require VCS for project code updates |  |
can use mercurial, git or tar.gz | 
git is used | does not handle code updates, this app is for creating/destroying a new database for each user |
git is used |
git is used |
uses rsync |
uses git |
supports git and svn |
integrated with git | does not handle code updates |
uses git | seems to require git for code updates, not sure | does not handle code updates |
uses mercurial |
uses mercurial |
uses git | does not handle code updates; this app is an user-friendly web frontend to libcloud | | does not handle code updates | ||||||
| Designed to be plugged into existing projects | |
provides command for generating basic config templates; does not enforces project layout | | | |
Boilerplate code for new Django projects (including fabfile and server configs). |
can be plugged, provides custom startproject command | | | |
project template | |
it's a tool for creating projects with some deployment capabilities | | | | | | | | ||||||
| Supported databases |
out of scope? | mysql
sqlite3 | mysql
postgres sqlite | sqlite3
postgres mysql | postgres | postgres | mysql | mysql
postgres | postgres |
(installs python libs for mysql) | postgres | postgres | | mysql
postgres | mysql
postgres | out of scope | out of scope |
no explicit support | ||||||||
| Web servers | scripts for wsgi and fastcgi | apache+mod_wsgi+nginx | nginx+uwsgi+supervisord
nginx+tornado+supervisord | | apache+mod_wsgi+gunicorn | apache+mod_wsgi+nginx | apache+mod_wsgi+nginx
gunicorn+nginx | apache+mod_wsgi | lighttpd+apache2+mod_wsgi (apache is in front of lighttpd) | | gunicorn | lighttpd+fastcgi+supervisord | apache+mod_wsgi | Apache2+WSGI | apache+mod_wsgi+nginx | apache+mod_wsgi | nginx+gunicorn | apache+mod_wsgi
nginx+gunicorn nginx+fcgi | out of scope | nginx+supervisord+gunicorn | nginx+fastcgi | |||||
| Docs | readme | readme | | | readme | | readme | | | readme | a big comment in fabfile | readme | readme |
using markdoc | readme | readme | | readme | wiki page | readme | readme | | readme | readme | ||
| Tests | | |
test coverage > 90%, tests are executed using virtual machines with supported operating systems. | | | | | |
good test suite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| Package | djangorecipe | django-mediasync | django-fab-deploy | makesite | django-config-gen | django-demo | django-sitepush | django-startproject | django-template-project | woven | caktus-deployment | django-deployment-script | django-fab | django-fabtastic | django-in-a-box | django-liberace | django-project-templates | fabdeploy | fab-pave | fabric-deploy-django | fabulator | generic_django_project | Great Big Crane | overmind | silk-deployment | ubuntu2django |