Django + MongoDB deployment on alwaysdata

Question

I am trying to deploy DjanMon on mongotest.alwaysdata.net which uses Django and MongoDB directly without using any database engine just Pymongo.

An error sprang up while deployment. There is no Pymongo which is the driver for MongoDB for python. How do I install that or get that installed on that server?

Apart from that is there anywhere a tutorial on what settings should i use to run MongoDB with Django. I can't understand which engine to provide in database in the settings.py for mongodb.

Also is there any tutorial on how to deploy a Django Website that uses MongoDB on a cloud/ webhost?

Answer 1

Have a look at this:

PYTHONPATH=~/modules easy_install-2.6 --install-dir ~/modules <module>

http://sydlife.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/how-to-install-python-packages-in-alwaysdata-com-web-hosting/

http://wiki.alwaysdata.com/wiki/Installer_un_module_Python#Installation (Official, in French)

Answer 2

If you have a shell on the server with appropriate permissions, you can install PyMongo just like any other Python package. Either:

easy_install pymongo

or

pip install pymongo

(Either of these commands might also need sudo in front, depending on permissions and whether you're using virtualenv )