Hosting TurboGears Applications
TurboGears applications can't be hosted with every web hosting company. Luckily, though, there are many good choices to choose from. The hosting companies on this page are selected to ensure:
- Ability to run TurboGears apps
- Good support
- Good value
Additionally, some of these companies support the TurboGears project through referral offers (when you sign up, they send some money). All things being equal, hosting companies that provide referral money are a big win for the project.
If you run into problems with one of these companies, please:
- Try to resolve the dispute with their customer service department
- Failing that, send a message to the main TurboGears mailing list with a subject like "hosting problem".
Any company that is found to not run TurboGears apps well, not provide good support or not provide a good value will be removed from this list.
One guideline when it comes to shared hosting: you should make sure that your app is friendly to a shared hosting environment. Make sure your server.environment variable is set to "production". Don't hold too many things in RAM, and avoid running expensive database queries. With accounts starting around $7 per month, these companies can't afford to have processes bogging down their servers, so tune things a bit on your computer before deploying your app.
Top Picks
- WebFaction
- Starting at $11.50 a month, WebFaction offers the easiest TurboGears hosting around. You've got to see it to believe it... a few clicks of the control panel gets you a TurboGears app running and hooked up to a URL on your site! They provide ample storage (2GB) and bandwidth (100GB/month) for most sites on their least expensive TurboGears plan. Plus, you get Trac and Subversion to help with your development. As an added incentive, WebFaction pays 50% of its profits on TurboGears hosting back in support of TurboGears!
- WestHost
- WestHost is an inexpensive Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting company (starting at $7 per month). By providing a VPS, you're assured that you're able to run TurboGears in the best way possible for your app. It also makes it easy to deploy TurboGears in the simplest way: straight proxying. $7 per month gets you 2GB of disk space and 40GB of bandwidth use per month. With WestHost, you get more control over your (virtual) server, but you also have to do more of the work yourself. WestHost also helps support the TurboGears project when you click the link above.
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ServerPronto.com
- ServerPronto gives you an actual dedicated server (your own real, physical box!) starting at $29.95 a month! Why pay for a VPS with less when you can have your own machine with its own dedicated resources? WestHost is a great way to get started with running your own server, and ServerPronto is the way to go when you decide that your usage needs a dedicated box. ServerPronto also helps support the TurboGears project when you use the link above.
- BlueHost
- If you need more resources for your dollar, BlueHost gives you 15GB of disk space and 400GB of bandwidth for just $7 per month. Their service is not a VPS, but they provide SSH shell access and allow people to run Ruby on Rails, which has a similar footprint to TurboGears. Additionally, there have been reports of people running TurboGears successfully here. This one provides more resources than WebFaction or WestHost, but it's not as easy as WebFaction or configurable as WestHost. Choose this one only if you really need the additional resources.
Know of another great hosting company? This list is not trying to be complete, because there are just too many potentially usable hosting companies out there. The goal is to provide enough variety to meet the various needs that TurboGears users have. If you think your hosting company offers something for TurboGears users beyond the ones listed here, please email Kevin Dangoor at dangoor+hosting -at- gmail.com.
