How to Deploy a Flask App to a Linux Server

This video will show you how to deploy your flask app to a headless linux server that is running ubuntu. We will be using apache and wsgi to do so.

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**Procedure (refer to video for missing details)**

Step 1: Setup a server on linode

Step 2: Download Putty and SSH in

Step 3: Download and Install Apache
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt install apache2
- apache2 -version

Step 4: Configure Firewall
- sudo ufw app list
- sudo ufw allow ‘Apache’

Step 5: Configure apache
- sudo systemctl status apache 2

Step 6: Install and enable mod_wsgi
- sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi python-dev

Step 7: Creating flask app
- cd /var/www
- sudo mkdir webApp
- cd webApp

Step 8: Install flask
- sudo apt-get install python-pip
- sudo pip install Flask
- sudo pip install flask_sqlalchemy

Step 9: Use winSCP to transfer python files to server

Step 10: configure and enable virtual host

- sudo a2ensite webApp
- systemctl reload apache2

Step 11: Create .wsgi file
Place the below code in the wsgi file

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import logging

from webApp import app as application

Step 12: Restart apache
- sudo service apache2 restart

Step 13: Visit the ip address of your server in the browser to access your website!

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[hexa]

Madman typing sudo while root. True sigma grindset.

[johncrockett]

THIS was SO helpful. Thanks you! I have come back and referenced it, like, a hundred times!

[ThilinaWimalapriya]

The best simple and powerful tutorial I found yet for deploying flask in ubuntu. Thank you very much for sharing this.

[JuanSidberry]

Tim, you're doing a great job! There is a lot of valuable/helpful content on this channel. Keep it up.
Hint: -y when using apt-get install. But this is for experienced users who know they want to say YES to the prompt.

[JamesFraze]

I've followed the series in this and learned quite a bit about flask. Just a quick note that if you are "root" you don't need to type sudo. A security tutorial would be great because there are many things that can be improved on this section. Otherwise, great work, great explanations!

[Max-ojtp]

Thnx Tim, these videos really helped me understand the setup of a Ubuntu server!

[anshulpatil]

This is the best Flask tutorial available on youtube.
Thanks Tim!!

[cperzam]

Hi Tim,

I'm so glad I came across with your channel I was looking for this for a couple of days with barely any success.

Thank you very much you have my like!

[matijaziberna]

Thank you, man! After going through sh**tton of articles, I made it to work with your video!

[mohammadfallah.rasoulnejad]

very detailed explain by example! specially the details about the mistakes that we might get ourselves into.

[terribleturtles]

I can't wait to see what you've got for us next!

[brendanjensen]

This series is great. One comment, at around 16:00, you mention that for nano the exit command for Macs can be Ctrl+X or Cmd+X, which isn't correct. You have to use Ctrl+X. Same with all nano commands, need to use Ctrl. I've learned a lot from your series! Keep it up.

[naweendanushka]

Thanks tim for your video series . It is very helpful

[Dani-crcj]

Amazing playlist, thank you Tim. I hope to see the update version - Or comments about what has changed. Thank you very much.

[CabalBoone]

That was very pleasurable, thank you.

[koushik]

Great stuff 👍, you just saved me bro for office project deployment

[potthegreen]

thanks Tim, I have a secure apache home server and I've been struggling to get my django and flask apps running online. I will give it a shot with your configs!

[BenoX]

thanks for the tuto men !
you're better than most of my teatchers haha

[wilsongoins]

Following this tutorial in December of 2023 - The command at 8:30 did not work for me on Windowsx86 64bit. This command worked instead "sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 python-dev-is-python3"

[jonashaas]

In case you are facing the issue that the "Apache2 Debian Default Page" displays do:
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
to disable the default configuration for apache