Python Start Cloud Native Buildpack

gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/python

The Paketo Python Start CNB sets the start command for a given python application. It sets python as the default start command, which will start the Python REPL (read-eval-print loop) at launch.

Behavior

This buildpack participates if it identifies certain python-related files (e.g. *.py files) in the app source code directory.

The buildpack will do the following:

• At build time:
  • Assigns launch process to python
• At run time:
  • Does nothing

Enabling reloadable process types

You can configure this buildpack to wrap the entrypoint process of your app such that it kills and restarts the process whenever files in the app's working directory in the container change. With this feature enabled, copying new verisons of source code into the running container will trigger your app's process to restart. Set the environment variable BP_LIVE_RELOAD_ENABLED=true at build time to enable this feature.

Integration

This CNB writes a start command, so there's currently no scenario we can imagine that you would need to require it as dependency. If a user likes to include some other functionality, it can be done independent of the Python Start CNB without requiring a dependency of it.

Usage

To package this buildpack for consumption:

$ ./scripts/package.sh --version <version-number>

This will create a buildpackage.cnb file under the build directory which you can use to build your app as follows:

pack build <app-name> -p <path-to-app> -b <path/to/cpython.cnb> -b build/buildpackage.cnb

Run Tests

To run all unit tests, run:

./scripts/unit.sh

To run all integration tests, run:

/scripts/integration.sh