在AWS上部署Python webApp（不使用Elastic Beanstalk）

Question

I'm hosting a website on AWS. Its a web interface with a SQL database. The website will be used to: 1. View results of query from Database
2. Insert data into database
3. View the data and update it where needed.

The codes and connections works file when I run the application on localhost (Apache on my C drive). But we want to host it on AWS so that people around me can use it.
So, In AWS I uploaded the code on EC2 and installed apache on it, all the html links are working but the python file is simply displaying the code.

I'm guessing it has something to do with the shebang. Currently my code has the following shebang:

#!C:\Python27\python.exe

Can someone guide me if its the shebang or if there is something else i need to do.

I have installed boto, but not sure what to do next. The AWS website and most of the forums talk about using Elastic Beanstalk. I want to host a fully functioning Python webApp on AWS without using Elastic Beanstalk.

Answer 1

Hi have you logged into your EC2 instance through the endpoint and then run your script, from the command line. I have some experience with EC2 running apache2 only my application was written in Java, having previously used python scripts I was able to run them by logging into my EC2 instance, you can do this from AWS management console. hope this helps you somewhat.

Answer 2

When apache displays code, that is a clear sign that Apache is not configured properly to execute python. You should look to see if mod_python is installed and configured correctly.

Also, #! is generally used with Linux not windows. If apache/mod_python is installed and configured correctly I can't imagine what code you'd have that would need #! since the .py extension would be enough.

IF your EC2 instance is indeed running Linux, and your code does indeed need #! try:

#!/bin/python

OR

#!/usr/local/bin/python

(Depends on where the python binary is, and those are the most common locations.)

If your EC2 instance is running Windows then "Unless you are using cygwin, windows has no shebang support"