Chapter 17: Traditional hosting (17g)

Author: miguelgrinberg

config.py

@@ -102,12 +102,26 @@ def init_app(cls, app):
         app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
 
+class UnixConfig(ProductionConfig):
+    @classmethod
+    def init_app(cls, app):
+        ProductionConfig.init_app(app)
+
+        # log to syslog
+        import logging
+        from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler
+        syslog_handler = SysLogHandler()
+        syslog_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        app.logger.addHandler(syslog_handler)
+
+
 config = {
     'development': DevelopmentConfig,
     'testing': TestingConfig,
     'production': ProductionConfig,
     'heroku': HerokuConfig,
     'docker': DockerConfig,
+    'unix': UnixConfig,
 
     'default': DevelopmentConfig
 }

flasky.py

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+dotenv_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.env')
+if os.path.exists(dotenv_path):
+    load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
 
 COV = None
 if os.environ.get('FLASK_COVERAGE'):

requirements/common.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Mako==1.0.7
 Markdown==2.6.8
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
+python-dotenv==0.6.5
 python-editor==1.0.3
 six==1.10.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.1.11