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POmost easy, reliable, cheap way to deploy this python (workhorse) app with a PHP frontend?
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copied!<p>I am developing a small part of a PHP application with some python code. The python code runs like an <strong>equivalent of a servlet</strong> (listens and responds to HTTP on port 8765) on localhost. The PHP app calls it like:</p> <pre><code>PHP'S_CURL("http://localhost:8765/search?term=electrical+design") </code></pre> <p>The pyth-let is written with the BaseHTTPServer module like:</p> <pre><code>class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): if self.path=="/search": self.send_response(200) # .... self.wfile.write(st) </code></pre> <p>It works on my workstation and my colleague's. I now want to <strong>deploy it in a production environment</strong>, with modifications. The idea in mind is that I should:</p> <ol> <li>modify my app to FCGI</li> <li>get an inexpensive VPS account</li> <li>set Apache to use FCGI to spawn and keep alive both the PHP app and the pyth-let.</li> </ol> <p>So it's a localhost app, which <strong>shouldnt be exposed publically</strong>. There should be reliable way to <strong>keep it alive</strong>. We expect ~800 hits a day before needing an upgrade, so only a single instance need be kept alive.</p> <p>Is there a feasible way to do this on a popular shared host, rather than a VPS? Am I on the right track with my above-mentioned plan?</p> <hr> <p><strong>Postscipts</strong> I mentioned "easy, reliable, cheap way" and by "way" I meant both the development direction as well as a good (cheap) hosting plan that can support it.</p>

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