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CGI
===
If all other deployment methods do not work, CGI will work for sure. CGI
is supported by all major servers but usually has a less-than-optimal
If all other deployment methods do not work, CGI will work for sure.
CGI is supported by all major servers but usually has a sub-optimal
performance.
This is also the way you can use a Flask application on Google's
`App Engine`_, there however the execution does happen in a CGI-like
environment. The application's performance is unaffected because of that.
This is also the way you can use a Flask application on Google's `App
Engine`_, where execution happens in a CGI-like environment.
.. admonition:: Watch Out
Please make sure in advance that your ``app.run()`` call you might
have in your application file, is inside an ``if __name__ ==
'__main__':`` or moved to a separate file. Just make sure it's not
called because this will always start a local WSGI server which we do
not want if we deploy that application to CGI / app engine.
.. _App Engine: http://code.google.com/appengine/
Please make sure in advance that any ``app.run()`` calls you might
have in your application file are inside an ``if __name__ ==
'__main__':`` block or moved to a separate file. Just make sure it's
not called because this will always start a local WSGI server which
we do not want if we deploy that application to CGI / app engine.
Creating a `.cgi` file
----------------------
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ScriptAlias /app /path/to/the/application.cgi
For more information consult the documentation of your webserver.
.. _App Engine: http://code.google.com/appengine/