I recently needed to write a Python script that fetches data periodically from an external API and maintains it in a local txt file. I plan to host this script on my virtual hosting at lolipop.jp and run it every ten minutes through cron. However, after deploying it, the script has not been producing any output. Below is the method for deploying a Python script on the virtual hosting at lolipop.jp without using SSH.
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After three months of hard work, the SSL certificate of my RSS aggregator finally expired. The auto-renew script failed to renew it — this happened a couple of times, I need to login into the web panel and renew it manually every three months. Unfortunately, the web panel malfunctioned this time either. After an epic battle with cert-bot, Nginx, and even the web panel I used, I finally gave up and decided to switch to another self-hosting solution.
READ MORE →Use Roundcube on Lolipop.jp
Lolipop by GMO cloud is the hosting service I’m using. The hosting plan includes email hosting services, but the webmail interface is in Japanese with limited functions provided, so I installed my own Roundcube instance instead. Not like VPS, Installing a custom Webmail service needs to skim through the service provider’s documentation, undoubtedly it is all in Japanese. This takes me some time to search and validate all these endpoints. Anyway, the tutorial is as follows.
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