Web2py and Apache running on Raspberry Pi

As part of my smart-cam simulation project I have installed web2py and Apache on a Raspberry Pi, the idea here is to simulate the ARM platform on which the smart-cam web UI software will eventually run by using the Pi until the real hardware is sorted out and available. This will allow me to do some proof-of-concept software development sooner rather than later.

I was expecting a difficult enough install but it turned out to be very easy, I just executed the automated set-up script that is documented here, under the section called ‘One step production deployment’ (ubuntu).

To summarise the steps, with the Pi connected to the network, open a terminal window and execute the following:

[code]
wget http://web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh
sudo ./setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh
[/code]

Running setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh took a good while (15 mins?), but when it was complete I was immediately able to view the web2py welcome page from another computer on the network!