Questions about Dreamhost

Hi i have a few small questions about dreamhost these are big issues for me on picking my host due to the way my codes run (well more what my codes run on)

1. can you set up django Python image libary and PyCrypto?
2.can you place stuff outside of the http dirs and is ssh in a walled garden (basicly can i only see my stuff and can outher peopole only see theris)
3. if i get a PS will that let me run whatever softwares i need to?

First, this is a customer-to-customer forum. Feel free to contact DH support via Contact Forum.

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1. can you set up django Python image libary and PyCrypto?

Hope this article will give you some thoughts. url]http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Python[/url]

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2.can you place stuff outside of the http dirs and is ssh in a walled garden (basicly can i only see my stuff and can outher peopole only see theris)

Yes. You can enable web security in DH panel. If it is enabled, only you can see your directories thought you are on a shared server.

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3. if i get a PS will that let me run whatever softwares i need to?

Probably not, you are still a limited user on PS. If the installation requires root priviledge, then it is not possible. However, you can install your own version of PHP, Python, etc.

> 3. if i get a PS will that let me run whatever softwares i need to?

No, you can't. Like he said, if anything needs root access you are out of luck. I attempted to install a custom ftp server, but it would not launch. If any of your services run on < port 1024, they'll require root access to start. However, you can use DH's proxy service to get some things to work.

I forgot to mention... yes, I have Django setup on my server, and it has worked flawlessly! I'm not using a VPS for the Django installation... there has been no need.

I have a VPS which I use for serving static files with lighttpd, and I haven't had any problems with that either.

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1. can you set up django Python image libary and PyCrypto?

You might have some problems with Django here, I don't use it myself, but take a look here. Python itself works.

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Django

Jan

I haven't seen any issues with Django in the normal environment. Seems to work just fine.