Yak Shaving to get Shareabouts working on dotCloud

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Install dotCloud Python library

sudo easy_install pip && sudo pip install dotcloud

Create the API application

git clone https://github.com/openplans/shareabouts-api.git
cd shareabouts-api/
dotcloud create <api-name>
dotcloud push -A <api-name> -b master --git
create an S3 bucket
dotcloud env -A <api-name> set SHAREABOUTS_AWS_KEY=<key> SHAREABOUTS_AWS_SECRET=<secret> SHAREABOUTS_AWS_BUCKET=<bucket>
dotcloud run -A <api-name> current/src/manage.py createsuperuser

Error:

==> Executing "current/src/manage.py createsuperuser" on service (www) instance #0 (application <api-name>)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "current/src/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 252, in fetch_command
    app_name = get_commands()[subcommand]
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 101, in get_commands
    apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 184, in inner
    self._setup()
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 42, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 135, in __init__
    logging_config_func(self.LOGGING)
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/dictconfig.py", line 553, in dictConfig
    dictConfigClass(config).configure()
  File "/opt/ve/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/dictconfig.py", line 352, in configure
    '%r: %s' % (name, e))
ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'debug_file': [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/data/debug.log'
Connection to <api-name>-sillygwailo.azva.dotcloud.net closed.

Create the API application

git clone https://github.com/openplans/shareabouts.git
cd shareabouts
dotcloud create <client-name>
dotcloud push -A <client-name> -b master --git