How do I deploy web2py on PythonAnywhere?
Question: How do i get a basic web2py server up and running on
[PythonAnywhere](http://www.pythonanywhere.com)?


Answer: [update - 29/05] We now have a big button on the web tab that will do all this
stuff for you. Just click where it says _Web2Py_ , fill in your admin
password, and you're good to go.

Here's the old stuff for historical interest...

I'm a PythonAnywhere developer. We're not massive web2py experts (yet?) but
I've managed to get web2py up and running like this:

First download and unpack web2py:

    
    
    wget http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_src.zip
    unzip web2py_src.zip
    

Go to the PythonAnywhere "Web" panel and edit your `wsgi.py`. Add these lines:

    
    
    import os
    import sys
    
    path = '/home/my_username/web2py'
    if path not in sys.path:
        sys.path.append(path)
    
    from wsgihandler import application
    

replacing `my_username` with your username.

You will also need to **comment out the last two lines** in wsgi.py, where we
have the default hello world web.py application...

    
    
    # comment out these two lines if you want to use another framework
    #app = web.application(urls, globals())
    #application = app.wsgifunc()
    

Thanks to Juan Martinez for his instructions on this part, which you can view
here: <http://web2py.pythonanywhere.com/>

then open a _Bash_ console, and `cd` into the main `web2py` folder, then run

    
    
    python web2py.py --port=80
    

enter admin password

press ctrl-c

(this will generate the `parameters_80.py` config file)

then go to your _Web_ panel on PythonAnywhere, click **reload web app** , and
things should work!

