Deploying with pyenv

Setting up pyenv on a production server is exactly the same as in development. Some considerations for a hypothetical deployment strategy:

• It is suggested that there is a single user for deployment, e.g. "app" user
• PYENV_ROOT is at the default location: ~app/.pyenv
• Python versions are either installed or symlinked to ~app/.pyenv/versions
• pyenv version 0.2 or greater is recommended.

Users of Capistrano may find these projects useful:

• capistrano-pyenv

Ensure consistent PATH for processes

Interactive, non-interactive shells, cron jobs, and similar processes for the "app" user all must ensure that pyenv is present in the PATH:

export PATH=~/.pyenv/shims:~/.pyenv/bin:"$PATH"

About systemd

If you use systemd, the PATH must be real PATH, not shims:

Environment=PATH=/home/$USER/.pyenv/versions/$VERSION/bin:$PATH