commit 5643376fd56bd0b7ff76fbd02c7d80a4367e26af Author: David Fifield david@bamsoftware.com Date: Sun May 19 18:15:57 2013 -0700

Add App Engine howto. --- doc/appengine-howto.txt | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/appengine-howto.txt b/doc/appengine-howto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fc9e9f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/appengine-howto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +These are instructions for how to set up a Google App Engine application +to run at appspot.com. + +General links: +https://developers.google.com/appengine/ +https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine +https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go/gettingstarted/ + +You first need to create a Google account. See gmail-howto.txt for how +to do that. + +Download the SDK: +https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go/gettingstarted/devenvironmen... + +Write your program and app.yaml file: +https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go/gettingstarted/helloworld + +When you're ready to upload, log in with your Google account and follow +the directions: +https://appengine.google.com/ +https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go/gettingstarted/uploading + +Enter an application ID and create the application. + +Use the appcfg.py program to upload the program. It should look +something like this: + +$ torify ./google_appengine/appcfg.py update myapp/ +07:25 PM Host: appengine.google.com +07:25 PM Application: application-id; version: 1 +07:25 PM +Starting update of app: application-id, version: 1 +07:25 PM Getting current resource limits. +Email: xxx@gmail.com +Password for xxx@gmail.com: +07:26 PM Scanning files on local disk. +07:26 PM Cloning 2 application files. +07:26 PM Uploading 1 files and blobs. +07:26 PM Uploaded 1 files and blobs +07:26 PM Compilation starting. +07:26 PM Compilation: 1 files left. +07:26 PM Compilation completed. +07:26 PM Starting deployment. +07:26 PM Checking if deployment succeeded. +07:26 PM Deployment successful. +07:26 PM Checking if updated app version is serving. +07:26 PM Completed update of app: application-id, version: 1 + +Uploading the program in this way seems to create the files +~/.appcfg_nag and ~/.appcfg_cookies. Running the update command again +doesn't require you to enter your password again.