fvlgnn/setup-django-web-server

Setup Django with virtual environment on Nginx and Gunicorn or Apache and mod_wsgi with PostgreSQL or SQLite.

Setup Django on Web Server

Install and setup Django with PostgreSQL or SQLite, Nginx with Gunicorn or Apache with wsgi on virtual environment.

Essential Setup / Requirement

Setup

• Setup Region and Local Zone on OS
• sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv
• sudo apt install curl git sqlite3 build-essential

Firewall (optional)

• sudo ufw allow 8000
• sudo ufw delete allow 8000
• sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'

Workspace

• mkdir ~/dummyapp
• cd ~/dummyapp

Virtual Environment

• sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
• sudo -H pip3 install virtualenv
• virtualenv venv
• source venv/bin/activate

HowTo: Nginx - Gunicorn (EN - IT)

For install Django on Nginx with Gunicorn (english howto - italian howto) for multiple site and specific virtual environment view folder nginx-gunicorn

HowTo: Apache - mod_wsgi (EN - IT)

For install Django on Apache with WSGI (english howto - italian howto) for multiple site and specific virtual environment view folder apache-wsgi

PostgreSQL

• sudo apt install libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib
• verify
  • client_encoding TO 'UTF-8'
  • timezone TO 'UTC or YOUR TIMEZONE'
  • default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed'
• sudo systemctl status postgresql
• sudo systemctl start postgresql or sudo pg_ctlcluster 12 main start
• sudo systemctl enable postgresql
• sudo -u postgres psql

CREATE DATABASE dummydb;
CREATE USER dummyuser WITH PASSWORD 'dummypassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE dummydb TO dummyuser;

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