The diy cartridge provides a minimal, free-form scaffolding which leaves all details of the cartridge to the application developer.

1. Add framework of choice to your repo.
2. Modify .openshift/action_hooks/start to start your application. The application is required to bind to $OPENSHIFT_DIY_IP:$OPENSHIFT_DIY_PORT.
3. Modify .openshift/action_hooks/stop to stop your application.
4. Commit and push your changes.

static/           Externally exposed static content goes here
.openshift/
  action_hooks/   See the Action Hooks documentation [1]
    start         Custom action hook used to start your application
    stop          CUstom action hook to stop your application

[1] Action Hooks documentation

Note: Please leave the static directory in place (alter but do not delete) but feel free to create additional directories if needed.

Every time you push, everything in your remote repo dir gets recreated. Please store long term items (like an sqlite database) in the OpenShift data directory, which will persist between pushes of your repo. The OpenShift data directory is accessible via $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR.

The diy cartridge provides the following environment variables to reference for ease of use:

OPENSHIFT_DIY_IP      The IP address assigned to the application
OPENSHIFT_DIY_PORT    The HTTP-routed port assigned to the the application
OPENSHIFT_DIY_EXTRA_PORT  An extra port assigned to the the application

For more information about environment variables, consult the OpenShift Application Author Guide.