Python web app to publish documentation compiled using Sphinx

Installation

cd sphinx-web
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # on Windows execute instead: venv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
pip install -r requirements.txt

Executing in a producton environment

cd sphinx-web
source venv/bin/activate
pip install waitress

Create your configuration file, for example /etc/sphinx-web/config.py:

ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'specify a strong password here'
BEHIND_REVERSE_PROXY = False # Set to True if you use a reverse proxy such as nginx

Start the application:

cd sphinx-web/src
source ../venv/bin/activate
CONFIG_PATH=/etc/sphinx-web/config.py waitress-serve --port 8080 --call "app:create_app"

Development

Update dependencies

After activating the virtual environment, run this command to update the list of dependencies with what is currently installed:

pip freeze > requirements.txt