• For starters, see the README file at https://github.com/web2py/web2py.
• Create a fully-hosted domain at DreamHost. I used web2py.bikmort.com.
• Site configuration options include: Remove WWW from beginning of name; use PHP 5.6 FastCGI (default) and Passenger.
• Since DreamHost uses Passenger as its web app server, extra steps are required to get Web2Py working.
• Use a shell account to open a terminal window on your DreamHost server.
• Create a virtual python environment in ~/python (could go elsewhere, but remember the path):

$ cd ~
$ virtualenv python

• Clone sources from Web2Py github site into web-server directory (using web2py.bikmort.com as an example):

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/web2py/web2py.git web2py.bikmort.com

• To update to latest Web2Py later (from within web-server directory):

$ cd ~/web2py.bikmort.com
$ git pull --recurse-submodules

• Copy handlers/wsgihandler.py to ./passenger_wsgi.py and edit:

$ cp handlers/wsgihandler.py passenger_wsgi.py

• Insert these two lines at around line 40 in passenger_wsgi.py (before call to os.path.isdir):

INTERP = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'python', 'bin', 'python')
if sys.executable != INTERP: os.execl(INTERP, INTERP, *sys.argv)

• Note that the INTERP path points to the virtualenv-created executable created earlier.
• Create tmp/restart.txt. Touch this file to force relaunch of Web2Py via Passenger.

The Web2Py environment should now be operational. Visit the domain created earlier to see it.

• There are two branches in the top-level repository: master (the standard Web2Py version) and dreamhost (the additions to run it on DreamHost).
• To see the differences, use “git diff master” (assuming “dreamhost” is current branch).
• Use “git merge master” to pull changes to the master into the dreamhost branch.

• An empty WDW application at https://bitbucket.org/jtkorb/wdw.
• Clone into applications directory and it (should be) ready to go.
• Current model is to develop on laptop, test locally, commit changes, ssh to DreamHost server, and pull changes to applications/wdw directory.

• These steps do not currently (1/8/2017) appear to work reliably (Google-imposed security concerns). Should find a better way to send email.
• Edit applications/appname/private/appconfig.ini
• Login: email-login:password
• Use SSL with port 465
• At Google-app admin site: allow insecure applications and disable captcha.