A status page for monitoring instances attached to an elastic load balancer.
Create a settings.cfg file like the following:
ACCESS_KEY = 'your_aws_access_key'
SECRET_KEY = 'your aws_secret_key'
# A list of load balancers you want to monitor
LOAD_BALANCERS = [
'name_of_elb1',
'name_of_elb2',
]Create a virtualenv and install required packages:
$ virtualenv venv --distribute
$ pip -E venv install -r requirements.txt
Create an application.wsgi file:
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/application')
activate_this = '/path/to/app/venv/bin/activate_this.py'
execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
from monitor import app as applicationCreate an apache vhost file:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName example.com
WSGIDaemonProcess lb_monitor user=www-data group=www-data threads=5
WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/app/application.wsgi
<Directory /path/to/app>
WSGIProcessGroup lb_monitor
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
WSGIScriptReloading On
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>See the Flask deployment documentation for other WSGI servers.