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Python Hosting

• Minimal setup for hosting a python flask server and the corresponding configuration
• My current choice of stack
  • AWS Lightsail + Ubuntu VPS + Nginx + uwgs + flask (+ htmx)
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-serve-flask-applications-with-uswgi-and-nginx-on-ubuntu-18-04 -- took 10 minutes
    • Certbot instructions are outdated: https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=nginx&os=ubuntufocal
    • nginx basic auth: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/
• Other options
  • PythonAnywhere
  • DigitalOcean

— Kunal