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Depends how you want to distribute it. You can provide the web application via a package manager (apt, yum, pip etc). If its infrastructure related maybe provid
by paktek123 10y ago
Depends how you want to distribute it. You can provide the web application via a package manager (apt, yum, pip etc). If its infrastructure related maybe provide a puppet, chef or ansible module. Documentation is always good as complementary to the above. Hope this helps.
- open-source-ux 10y agoThanks for the suggestions. I was thinking of options for less technical users e.g. here is a zip file and install script. Upload these to a folder on your web server and then open this URL in your browser (e.g. /install.html or /install.php) to start the installation. Even this would probably be too complicated for some users. Are such types of installs simply unrealistic for many languages? Or, rather is it unrealistic to expect non-technical users to install web apps even if step-by-step instructions are provided?
- paktek123 10y agoI'd say depends on what operating system is being targeted. If its windows then creating an installer will be good enough. On Linux using package managers is the norm. It doesn't matter about the language as such, python is only preferable simply because it is widely available on Linux (although that's changing now). I'd personally never trust a zip file from the internet that tries to install something with /install.html or /install.php unless I know its from a trusted source.
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