Easy Deployment

Easy deployment tool for Python application. There are mainly two parts:

• Create a virtual environment (Optional).
• Install your application as a service.

Deploy your application with one command!

Install

It's recommended that you install this package in the Global Python Environment.

pip install ezd

On Windows, be careful if you want to uninstall this package. Make sure all services created with this tool are removed.

Usage

Config file

Run ezd init to create a config file named deploy.json.

{
"env": {
"name": "venv"
},
"service": {
"name": "",
"cmd": [],
"display": "",
"description": ""
}
}

A list of full parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description	Windows	Linux
env.name	string	The name of virtual environment.	✔️	✔️
env.lookup	string	Offline package lookup directory used by pip.	✔️	✔️
env.local	string	A directory contains local package file.	✔️	✔️
env.requirement	bool	Whether to install dependencies in requirements.txt. Default is true.	✔️	✔️
service.name	string	The name of service.	✔️	✔️
service.cmd	list[string]	The command line to be executed.	✔️	✔️
service.display	string	Display name of service.	✔️	❌
service.description	string	Description of service.	✔️	✔️
service.start	string	Start type of service (demand/auto/boot/disabled/system). Default is auto.	✔️	✔️
service.restart	int	Restart delay (seconds) when service failed. Default is 30.	✔️	✔️
service.restart_policy	string	Configures whether the service shall be restarted when the service exits. Default is on-failure.	❌	✔️
service.runtime_max_sec	int	Configures a maximum time for the service to run. Default is 0.	❌	✔️
service.working_directory	string	Configures the working directory of the service. Default is ..	✔️	✔️
service.deps	list[string]	Dependencies of service.	✔️	✔️
service.interactive	bool	Run service in interactive mode. Default is false.	✔️	❌
service.user	string	Run service with given user.	✔️	✔️
service.password	string	Password of the user.	✔️	❌
service.delayed	bool	Delayed start of service.	✔️	❌

Commands

Run ezd -h to see all commands.

usage: ezd [-h] command
Easy Deployment Tool
positional arguments:
command Command <init|deploy|install|uninstall|start|stop>
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--config CONFIG config file

Available commands:

Command	Description
init	Create an example config file deploy.json.
deploy	Create virtual environment and install dependencies.
install	Install a service (Automatically run deploy command first).
uninstall	Remove service (Automatically run stop command first).
start	Start service.
stop	Stop service.

Update config

Upgrade or install packages

If you need to upgrade or install packages, just edit the requirements.txt file and follow the steps below:

1. Stop the service

   ezd stop

2. Deploy new packages

   ezd deploy

3. Start the service

   ezd start

Update service

If you update the service settings of the config file, you must uninstall the old service first.

1. Uninstall the service

   ezd uninstall

2. Install service

   ezd install

3. Start the service

   ezd start

Examples

Jupyter notebook

Create a new nb directory and start working in it.

cd nb
echo notebook > requirements.txt
ezd init

The deploy.json file looks like this:

{
"env": {
"name": "venv"
},
"service": {
"name": "notebook",
"cmd": [
"jupyter-notebook.exe"
],
"display": "Jupyter Notebook",
"description": "Jupyter Notebook Service"
}
}

We are ready to deploy now.

ezd install
ezd start

You can now visit http://localhost:8888/ to confirm jupyter notebook is running.

Ping test

Create a new pingtest directory and start working in it.

cd pingtest
ezd init

For non-python project, we can omit virtual environment since we don't need it. The deploy.json file looks like this:

{
"service": {
"name": "pingtest",
"cmd": [
"ping",
"-t",
"1.1.1.1"
],
"display": "Ping it",
"description": "A ping test service"
}
}

Deploy now!

ezd install
ezd start

Let's confirm ping is running:

$ tasklist | findstr PING
PING.EXE 19564 Services 0 4,540 K