How do I run a cronjob with a python virtual environment?

Question

Usually I SSH into my EC2 instance and run:

source MYVENV/bin/activate

How do I set my cronjob to activate the virtual environment? My Django sc

Answer 1

you can create a single wrapper bash script for executing your Django script. See the example below.

#!/bin/bash -l       // this should pick up your ~/.bash_profile environment variables

cd /path to project dir/   // set it up if your project is not in python path

source /Users//.virtualenvs/dslab/bin/activate // this activates your environment 

python /home/script.py   // run your script