Install server software
Install Apache, Mod_Python, MySQL and MySQLdb. MySQLdb is the
database bindings for MySQL. Django also supports PostgreSQL, Oracle
and SQLite. If you choose to use a different database server, be sure
to install the appropriate Python bindings.
#sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-python
#sudo apt-get install mysql-server python-mysqldb
Install the Django source code
cd ~/
svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/ django_src
Python won’t recognize Django unless it is installed in the
“site-packages” directory, so instead we just create a symbolic link to
the source code in our home directory. Run the first command to find
out the path to your “site-packages” directory. Then use it in the
second command, in place of “YOUR-DIR”. Lastly, copy the
django-admin.py file into
/usr/local/bin so that we don’t have to qualify the command with the full path to the file.
python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"
ln -s `pwd`/django_src/django YOUR-DIR/django
sudo cp ~/django_src/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin
Create Django’s directories
cd ~/
mkdir django_projects
mkdir django_templates
mkdir media
Then we need to create some symbolic links in your webroot. The default webroot for an Apache2 installation on Ubuntu is
/var/www.
We are going to create a link to the media folder in your home
directory, and a link to the admin_media folder which is provided in
the Django source code.
cd /var/www
sudo ln -s ~/media media
sudo ln -s ~/django_src/django/contrib/admin/media admin_media
Create a Django project
Move into your Django projects directory that we just created. We
will be starting a new project using Django’s command line utility.
This will give us a basic directory structure and the necessary
configuration files. In my example I named the project “myproject.”
Feel free to choose any name, as long as it does not conflict with any
built-in Python or Django components. In particular, this means you
should avoid using names like
django (which will conflict with Django itself) or
site (which conflicts with a built-in Python package).
cd ~/django_projects
django-admin.py startproject myproject
Edit the myproject/settings.py file and change the following sections:
- Uncomment and change the ADMINS setting
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| ADMINS = (
('Your Name', 'your_email@domain.com'),
)
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- Enter your database settings. You will need your database, username
and password. Most likely your database server is running on the same
server, so leave DATABASE_HOST blank
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DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql # 'postgresql_psycopg2','postgresql',mysql''sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
DATABASE_NAME = 'django_databae' # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
DATABASE_USER = 'you' # Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword' # Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_HOST = ''# Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PORT = ''# Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
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- Change your timezone if necesary.
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| # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datetime-keywords.html
#DATETIME-TIMEZONE-SET-TABLE
# although not all variations may be possible on all operating systems.
# If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
# system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'
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- Point Django at the template directory we created.
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
"/home/YOUR_USERNAME/django_templates"
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or
"C:/www/django/templates".
)
- Do the same thing for the media url and directory we created earlier.
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| # Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/YOUR_USERNAME/media/'
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = 'http://yourdomain.com/media/'
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- Set the admin media directory that we created in your webroot
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| # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://foo.com/media/", "/media/".
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/admin_media/'
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- And finally, add the admin application to your install applications
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| INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.admin',
)
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Then go to the directory which have file
manage.py
and run command on terminal
(please first remember the creating database name "django" in mysql)
#manage.py syncdb
Edit the URL configuration file and uncomment the admin line. This will allow you to access the admin section later.
nano ~/django_projects/myproject/urls.py
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| # Uncomment this for admin:
(r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
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Configure Apache and mod_python
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
MaxRequestsPerChild 1
<location "/">
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.settings
PythonPath "['/home/YOUR_USERNAME/django_projects'] + sys.path"
</location>
<location "/media">
SetHandler None
</location>
<location "/admin_media">
SetHandler None
</location>
<location "/phpmyadmin">
SetHandler None
</location >
<locationmatch ".(jpg|gif|png)$">
SetHandler None
</locationmatch>
Restart Apache and pray
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
