How do I deploy a python application to an external server?

Question

I have written a python script on my local laptop which uses several third party packages. I now want to run my script regularly (via a cron job) on an external server.

The external server most likely does not have all the dependencies installed, is there is a way to package and deploy my python script and dependencies in order to ensure that it will run?

I have already tried to package the script as an exe, but failed to do so.

Answer 1

Not clear what kind of third party packages you have, but for those that were installed with pip, you can do this in your dev environment:

$ pip freeze > requirements.txt

And then you can install these packages in your production environment:

$ pip install requirements.txt

Ideally, you will already have a virtualenv on your production box. If not, it may be well worth reading about these before deploying your script.

Answer 2

Just turn your computer into a server. Simply set up your router for port forwarding so that your server's content's will display when the router's IP is entered. You can of course purchase a DNS domain to give that IP a human readable URL.