/Checkmate2019

Primary LanguageHTML

Checkmate 2019

Setting Up Backend

Setup Python3 and venv

  • Refer this digitalocean tutorial

  • Create a python3 virtual environment

    cd backend
python3 -m venv checkmate-env
source checkmate-env/bin/activate

  • Check that the virtual environment points to correct python path

which python
  • Install dependancies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Apply Migrations

cd Checkmate2019/
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py makemigrations Base
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py migrate Base

Populate the Database

python3 manage.py loaddata populate.json

Run the server

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Points to note

  • If you want to access the admin interface at http://localhost:8000/admin , use the username and password , both as "admin" (without quotes).
  • If you want to logout in the midway, you can do so by typing either "admin" or "#" ( both without quotes) in administrator password field.

Contribution

  • Please raise issues if the above procedure does not work for your system.
  • Feel free to make necessary changes.
  • Please migrate before running the server.