django-prepare

Ansible role to prepare the launch of a Django app on a Plesk managed Ubuntu server:

• installs important packages
• imports timezone data to MySQL (optional)
• setup virtualenv (optional)

Packages

• python-pip
• python-dev
• build-essential
• python-django (for django-admin bash autocomplete register only)
• python-mysqldb (for MySQL only)
• libmysqlclient-dev (or get error mysql_config not found)
• libapache2-mod-wsgi
• virtualenvwrapper
• libjpeg-dev (for Pillow, or get error decoder JPEG not available)
• python3-dev (for Python 3)
• upgrade pip

Timezone data (optional)

If the tzinfo data is missing from mysql, a ValueError occurs (see official mysql docs, relevant tzinfo blog, how to check tzinfo, how to set tzinfo).

Setup virtualenv (optional)

Create a directory to keep all virtualenvs and prepare bash profile for the user.

How to use

To use, add the role django-prepare.

Variables

• ansible_user_id: The user id with access to mysql and mysql database.
• mysql_pass: MySQL password (better obtain from vault or prompt in playbook). Omit to skip mysql import of data.
• virtualenv_dir: Virtualenvs home directory. Set to false to disable virtualenv. Default: /var/virtualenvs.
• plesk_server_group: Plesk server group, default: psaserv.

Playbook examples

Plain:

---
- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - django-prepare

Specify variables:

---
- hosts: servers
  gather_facts: no
  roles:
    - role: django-prepare
      virtualenv_dir: ~/.virtualenvs

Galaxy

See more roles regarding Django on https://galaxy.ansible.com/Wtower/