Django 4 : Install2024/02/01 |
Install Django which is the Python Web Application Framework. |
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[1] | Install SQLite3 library. |
root@dlp:~# pkg install -y py39-sqlite3
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[2] | Install Django in a Python venv environment with any user you like to setup it. |
freebsd@dlp:~ $ python -m venv --system-site-packages ~/django freebsd@dlp:~ $ . ~/django/bin/activate (django) freebsd@dlp:~ $ pip install 'Django>=4,<5' Collecting Django<5,>=4 Downloading Django-4.2.9-py3-none-any.whl (8.0 MB) 8.0/8.0 MB 12.3 MB/s eta 0:00:00 Collecting sqlparse>=0.3.1 Downloading sqlparse-0.4.4-py3-none-any.whl (41 kB) 41.2/41.2 kB 6.2 MB/s eta 0:00:00 Collecting asgiref<4,>=3.6.0 Downloading asgiref-3.7.2-py3-none-any.whl (24 kB) Collecting typing-extensions>=4 Downloading typing_extensions-4.9.0-py3-none-any.whl (32 kB) Installing collected packages: typing-extensions, sqlparse, asgiref, Django Successfully installed Django-4.2.9 asgiref-3.7.2 sqlparse-0.4.4 typing-extensions-4.9.0
(django) freebsd@dlp:~ $
django-admin --version 4.2.9 # to exit from venv, run like follows (django) freebsd@dlp:~ $ deactivate freebsd@dlp:~ $ |
[3] | Create a test project. |
freebsd@dlp:~ $
. ~/django/bin/activate
# create testproject (django) freebsd@dlp:~ $ django-admin startproject testproject (django) freebsd@dlp:~ $ cd testproject # configure database (default is SQLite) (django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $ python manage.py migrate
# create admin user (django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $ python manage.py createsuperuser Username (leave blank to use 'freebsd'): freebsd Email address: freebsd@dlp.srv.world Password: Password (again): Superuser created successfully.
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $
vi testproject/settings.py # line 28 : set if you allow to access to Django from other Hosts # specify Hosts with comma separated # if allow all, specify like follows ALLOWED_HOSTS = [ '*' ]
# start server (django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 Watching for file changes with StatReloader Performing system checks... System check identified no issues (0 silenced). February 01, 2024 - 01:22:57 Django version 4.2.9, using settings 'testproject.settings' Starting development server at http://0.0.0.0:8000/ Quit the server with CONTROL-C. |
[4] | Access to the [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/] from a client computer. It's OK if following site is displayed normally. |
[5] | It's possible to use admin site on [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/admin]. |
[6] | Create a test application to try to use Django. |
freebsd@dlp:~ $
. ~/django/bin/activate
(django) freebsd@dlp:~ $
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $ cd testproject python manage.py startapp test_app
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $
vi test_app/views.py # add to last line from django.http import HttpResponse def main(request): html = '<html>\n' \ '<body>\n' \ '<div style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">\n' \ 'Django Test Page\n' \ '</div>\n' \ '</body>\n' \ '</html>\n' return HttpResponse(html)
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $
vi testproject/urls.py # line 18, 22 : add like follows from django.contrib import admin from django.urls import path, include urlpatterns = [ path('admin/', admin.site.urls), path('test_app/', include('test_app.urls')), ]
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $
vi test_app/urls.py # create new from django.urls import path from .views import main urlpatterns = [ path('', main, name='home') ]
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $
vi testproject/settings.py # line 33 : add test application in [INSTALLED_APPS] section
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'test_app',
)
(django) freebsd@dlp:~/testproject $ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 |
[7] | Access to the [(server's hostname or IP address):8000/test_app/] from a client computer. It's OK if testapp is displayed normally. |
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