Cynthesize

Django Backend

Setting up PostgreSQL

Windows:
Linux(Ubuntu):
MacOSx:

Django version

This project will focus on Django 2.0.7.

Getting started (Windows):

Install Python 3.6.

Clone this repository or download the zip

git clone https://github.com/Cynthesize/backend/

Make sure you're in the directory you just created:
```
cd backend
```
Create a Python venv:
```
virtualenv .venv
```
Activate the venv:
```
"source .venv/bin/activate"
```
Install Python requirements:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Move to source directory:
```
cd src/
```

Set required environment variables:

export POSTGRESQL_ADDON_DB='<DB_NAME>'
export POSTGRESQL_ADDON_HOST='<DB_HOST>'
export POSTGRESQL_ADDON_PASSWORD='<DB_PASSWORD>'
export POSTGRESQL_ADDON_PORT='<DB_PORT>'
export POSTGRESQL_ADDON_USER='<DB_USER>'
export DJANGO_SECRET='<YOUR_DJANGO_SECRET>'

Migrate models to database and Collect static files:

python manage.py makemigrations users
python manage.py makemigrations ideas
python manage.py migrate users
python manage.py migrate ideas
python manage.py collectstatic

Run development server:

python manage.py runserver <PORT_NUMBER>

Deploy (Docker):

Required environment variables:

  POSTGRESQL_ADDON_DB='<DB_NAME>'
  POSTGRESQL_ADDON_HOST='<DB_HOST>'
  POSTGRESQL_ADDON_PASSWORD='<DB_PASSWORD>'
  POSTGRESQL_ADDON_PORT='<DB_PORT>'
  POSTGRESQL_ADDON_USER='<DB_USER>'
  DJANGO_SECRET='<YOUR_DJANGO_SECRET>'

See Dockerfile for details.

License

This project follows the GNU GPLv3. See the LICENSE for details.