Simple Web Application

This is a simple web application using Python Flask and MySQL database. This is used in the demonstration of the development of Ansible Playbooks.

Below are the steps required to get this working on a base linux system.

• Install all required dependencies
• Install and Configure Web Server
• Start Web Server

1. Install all required dependencies

Python and its dependencies

apt-get install -y python3 python3-setuptools python3-dev build-essential python3-pip default-libmysqlclient-dev

2. Install and Configure Web Server

Install Python Flask dependency

pip3 install flask
pip3 install flask-mysql

• Copy app.py or download it from a source repository
• Configure database credentials and parameters

3. Start Web Server

Start web server

FLASK_APP=app.py flask run --host=0.0.0.0

4. Test

Open a browser and go to URL

http://<IP>:5000                            => Welcome
http://<IP>:5000/how%20are%20you            => I am good, how about you?