How to Set up a Django Application<\/span><\/h2>\nStep 1: Create a Python application in cPanel<\/span><\/h4>\nThe first step is to create a Python application within cPanel that will host the Django project. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
\n- Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0SOFTWARE<\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0Setup Python App<\/strong>:
![\"Setup](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2020\/04\/Setup-Python-300x93.png\")
<\/li>\n- Click\u00a0CREATE APPLICATION<\/strong>:
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2019\/09\/Create-Application.png\")
The application form appears:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Create-Python-Application-783x401.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- In the\u00a0Python version<\/strong> list box, select the Python version you’d like to use for your app. In our example, we’ll use Python version 3.8.6<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0Application root<\/strong>\u00a0text box, type\u00a0myapp<\/span>.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0Application URL<\/strong>\u00a0list box, select the domain. Leave the rest of the URL blank.<\/li>\n
- Leave\u00a0the\u00a0Application startup file<\/span>\u00a0text box and\u00a0Application Entry point<\/span>\u00a0text box blank.\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t
\r\n \t\t\t\t\tWhen these text boxes are blank, cPanel automatically creates a\u00a0passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0startup file and\u00a0default\u00a0application<\/strong> object for you. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- Click CREATE
\n<\/strong>cPanel creates the application and sets up the Python environment in the top right corner of the page.<\/li>\n- At the top of the page, next to\u00a0Enter to the virtual environment. To enter the virtual environment, run the command<\/strong>\u00a0and copy the command. You will need this information in the following procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Python-Virtual-Environment.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2: Configure the Django project<\/span><\/h4>\nAfter you create the Python application in cPanel, you are ready to do the following tasks at the command line:<\/p>\n
\n- Install Django.<\/li>\n
- Create and configure the Django project.<\/li>\n
- Configure Passenger to work with the Django project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
\n- Log in to your account\u00a0using SSH Client<\/a>. Or use your cPanel’s Terminal feature.<\/li>\n
- Activate the virtual environment using the command you noted in step 9 above ^. For example:\n\n
source \/home\/username<\/span>\/virtualenv\/myapp\/3.8\/bin\/activate && cd \/home\/username<\/span>\/myapp\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe command prompt now starts with\u00a0(myapp:3.8)<\/strong>\u00a0to indicate that you are working in the\u00a0myapp<\/em>\u00a0virtual environment with Python 3.8. All of the following commands in this article assume that you are working in the Python virtual environment. If you log out of your SSH session (or deactivate the virtual environment by using the\u00a0deactivate<\/strong> command), ensure you reactivate the virtual environment before following any steps below. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- To install Django, type the following commands:\n\n
cd ~; pip install django==2.1.8<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/django-install-1-783x206.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTo verify the version of Django that is installed, type the following command:<\/p>\n
\ndjango-admin --version<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- To create a Django project, type the following command:\n\n
django-admin startproject myapp ~\/myapp\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- To create directories for the static project files, type the following commands:\n\n
mkdir -p ~\/myapp\/templates\/static_pages\r\nmkdir ~\/myapp\/static_files\r\nmkdir ~\/myapp\/static_media\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- Use a text editor<\/a> <\/strong>to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/myapp\/settings.py<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0file, and then make the following changes:\n
\n- Locate the\u00a0ALLOWED_HOSTS<\/strong>\u00a0line, and then modify it as follows. Replace\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span> with your domain name:\n
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['example.com<\/em><\/span>']<\/pre>\nIn our example, we’ve used django.cchostingdemos.com
\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Django-Allowed_hosts-783x135.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Locate the\u00a0TEMPLATES<\/strong>\u00a0block, and then modify it as follows:\n
TEMPLATES = [\r\n {\r\n 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',\r\n 'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'templates')],\r\n 'APP_DIRS': True,\r\n 'OPTIONS': {\r\n 'context_processors': [\r\n 'django.template.context_processors.debug',\r\n 'django.template.context_processors.request',\r\n 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',\r\n 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',\r\n ],\r\n },\r\n },\r\n]\r\n<\/pre>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Django-Templates-783x370.png\")
<\/a>Once you’ve finished editing the settings.py<\/strong><\/em> file, please Save the changes.<\/li>\n- Locate the\u00a0STATIC_URL<\/strong>\u00a0line, and then add the following lines beneath it:\n
STATIC_URL = '\/static\/'\r\nSTATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static_files')\r\n\r\nMEDIA_URL = '\/media\/'\r\nMEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, \"static_media\")\r\n<\/pre>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Django-static-files-783x314.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/myapp\/urls.py<\/em>\u00a0file. Delete all of the existing text, and then copy the following text into the file:\n
from django.contrib import admin\r\nfrom django.urls import path, include\r\nfrom django.conf import settings\r\nfrom django.conf.urls.static import static\r\nfrom django.conf.urls import url\r\nfrom django.views.generic.base import TemplateView\r\n\r\nurlpatterns = [\r\n path('admin\/', admin.site.urls),\r\n url(r'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='static_pages\/index.html'), name='home'),\r\n] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)\r\n\r\nurlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0file. Delete all of the existing text, and then copy the following text into the file:\n
import os\r\nimport sys\r\n\r\nimport django.core.handlers.wsgi\r\nfrom django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application\r\n\r\n# Set up paths and environment variables\r\nsys.path.append(os.getcwd())\r\nos.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myapp.settings'\r\n\r\n# Set script name for the PATH_INFO fix below\r\nSCRIPT_NAME = os.getcwd()\r\n\r\nclass PassengerPathInfoFix(object):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"\"\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sets PATH_INFO from REQUEST_URI because Passenger doesn't provide it.\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"\"\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 def __init__(self, app):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 self.app = app\r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 def __call__(self, environ, start_response):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 from urllib.parse import unquote\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] = SCRIPT_NAME\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 request_uri = unquote(environ['REQUEST_URI'])\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 script_name = unquote(environ.get('SCRIPT_NAME', ''))\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 offset = request_uri.startswith(script_name) and len(environ['SCRIPT_NAME']) or 0\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 environ['PATH_INFO'] = request_uri[offset:].split('?', 1)[0]\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 return self.app(environ, start_response)\r\n\r\n# Set the application\r\napplication = get_wsgi_application()\r\napplication = PassengerPathInfoFix(application)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to create a basic\u00a0index.html<\/em>\u00a0file in the\u00a0~\/myapp\/templates\/static_pages<\/em> directory. The file can be as simple as a text that says\u00a0Hello world!<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Next, we’ll use the migrate<\/strong><\/em> command, which is responsible for applying and unapplying migrations.\n
Type the following command:<\/p>\n
\npython ~\/myapp\/manage.py migrate<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/python-migrate-783x439.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n- Next, we’ll set up the superuser account. This is useful if you need to create an initial superuser account or if you need to generate superuser accounts for your site(s) programmatically.)\n
\n- Type the following command:\n\n
python ~\/myapp\/manage.py createsuperuser<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- At the\u00a0Username<\/span> prompt, type the administrator username and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
- Type the administrator’s e-mail address at the Email address prompt and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
- At the\u00a0Password<\/span> prompt, type the administrator password and then press Enter.
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Python-createsuperuser-783x162.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Type the following command to collect the static files:\n\n
python ~\/myapp\/manage.py collectstatic<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tIf you are asked if you want to overwrite existing files, type\u00a0yes<\/span> and then press Enter. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/python-collect-static-files-783x101.png\")
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- In cPanel, restart the Python application:\n
\n- Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0SOFTWARE<\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0Setup Python App<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Under\u00a0WEB APPLICATIONS<\/span>, locate the\u00a0myapp<\/em> application and click the\u00a0Restart<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0icon.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/restart-python-app-783x297.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Test the Django site:\n
\n- Use your browser to http:\/\/www.example.com<\/span><\/em>, where\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span>\u00a0represents your domain name. The\u00a0index.html<\/em>\u00a0file should load.<\/li>\n
- Use your browser to http:\/\/www.example.com<\/span>\/admin<\/em>, where\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span>\u00a0represents your domain name. You should see the Django administration login page. To log in, use the superuser credentials that you created earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
If the website does not appear in your browser, try running the passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0file manually. To do this, type the following command:<\/p>\n\npython ~\/myapp\/passenger_wsgi.py\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nThere should not be any text output to the console when you run this file. If there are any errors, check the syntax in the configuration files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
More Information<\/span><\/h4>\nThat’s it; now you know how to install and set up a Django Application.<\/p>\n
Now that you have a Django app up and running, you can start the real work of developing your applications. The following resources can help:<\/p>\n
\n- To view the official Django documentation, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/docs.djangoproject.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- For information about Django extensions, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/django-extensions\/django-extensions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The first step is to create a Python application within cPanel that will host the Django project. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0SOFTWARE<\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0Setup Python App<\/strong>:<\/li>\n
- Click\u00a0CREATE APPLICATION<\/strong>:
The application form appears:<\/a><\/li>\n- In the\u00a0Python version<\/strong> list box, select the Python version you’d like to use for your app. In our example, we’ll use Python version 3.8.6<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0Application root<\/strong>\u00a0text box, type\u00a0myapp<\/span>.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0Application URL<\/strong>\u00a0list box, select the domain. Leave the rest of the URL blank.<\/li>\n
- Leave\u00a0the\u00a0Application startup file<\/span>\u00a0text box and\u00a0Application Entry point<\/span>\u00a0text box blank.\n
\t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tWhen these text boxes are blank, cPanel automatically creates a\u00a0passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0startup file and\u00a0default\u00a0application<\/strong> object for you. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- Click CREATE
\n<\/strong>cPanel creates the application and sets up the Python environment in the top right corner of the page.<\/li>\n- At the top of the page, next to\u00a0Enter to the virtual environment. To enter the virtual environment, run the command<\/strong>\u00a0and copy the command. You will need this information in the following procedure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2: Configure the Django project<\/span><\/h4>\n
After you create the Python application in cPanel, you are ready to do the following tasks at the command line:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Install Django.<\/li>\n
- Create and configure the Django project.<\/li>\n
- Configure Passenger to work with the Django project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Log in to your account\u00a0using SSH Client<\/a>. Or use your cPanel’s Terminal feature.<\/li>\n
- Activate the virtual environment using the command you noted in step 9 above ^. For example:\n
\nsource \/home\/username<\/span>\/virtualenv\/myapp\/3.8\/bin\/activate && cd \/home\/username<\/span>\/myapp\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe command prompt now starts with\u00a0(myapp:3.8)<\/strong>\u00a0to indicate that you are working in the\u00a0myapp<\/em>\u00a0virtual environment with Python 3.8. All of the following commands in this article assume that you are working in the Python virtual environment. If you log out of your SSH session (or deactivate the virtual environment by using the\u00a0deactivate<\/strong> command), ensure you reactivate the virtual environment before following any steps below. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- To install Django, type the following commands:\n
\ncd ~; pip install django==2.1.8<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nTo verify the version of Django that is installed, type the following command:<\/p>\n
\ndjango-admin --version<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- To create a Django project, type the following command:\n
\ndjango-admin startproject myapp ~\/myapp\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- To create directories for the static project files, type the following commands:\n
\nmkdir -p ~\/myapp\/templates\/static_pages\r\nmkdir ~\/myapp\/static_files\r\nmkdir ~\/myapp\/static_media\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- Use a text editor<\/a> <\/strong>to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/myapp\/settings.py<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0file, and then make the following changes:\n
- \n
- Locate the\u00a0ALLOWED_HOSTS<\/strong>\u00a0line, and then modify it as follows. Replace\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span> with your domain name:\n
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['example.com<\/em><\/span>']<\/pre>\nIn our example, we’ve used django.cchostingdemos.com
\n
\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Locate the\u00a0TEMPLATES<\/strong>\u00a0block, and then modify it as follows:\n
TEMPLATES = [\r\n {\r\n 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',\r\n 'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'templates')],\r\n 'APP_DIRS': True,\r\n 'OPTIONS': {\r\n 'context_processors': [\r\n 'django.template.context_processors.debug',\r\n 'django.template.context_processors.request',\r\n 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',\r\n 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',\r\n ],\r\n },\r\n },\r\n]\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/a>Once you’ve finished editing the settings.py<\/strong><\/em> file, please Save the changes.<\/li>\n- Locate the\u00a0STATIC_URL<\/strong>\u00a0line, and then add the following lines beneath it:\n
STATIC_URL = '\/static\/'\r\nSTATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static_files')\r\n\r\nMEDIA_URL = '\/media\/'\r\nMEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, \"static_media\")\r\n<\/pre>\n
<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/myapp\/urls.py<\/em>\u00a0file. Delete all of the existing text, and then copy the following text into the file:\n
from django.contrib import admin\r\nfrom django.urls import path, include\r\nfrom django.conf import settings\r\nfrom django.conf.urls.static import static\r\nfrom django.conf.urls import url\r\nfrom django.views.generic.base import TemplateView\r\n\r\nurlpatterns = [\r\n path('admin\/', admin.site.urls),\r\n url(r'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='static_pages\/index.html'), name='home'),\r\n] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)\r\n\r\nurlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to open the\u00a0~\/myapp\/passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0file. Delete all of the existing text, and then copy the following text into the file:\n
import os\r\nimport sys\r\n\r\nimport django.core.handlers.wsgi\r\nfrom django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application\r\n\r\n# Set up paths and environment variables\r\nsys.path.append(os.getcwd())\r\nos.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myapp.settings'\r\n\r\n# Set script name for the PATH_INFO fix below\r\nSCRIPT_NAME = os.getcwd()\r\n\r\nclass PassengerPathInfoFix(object):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"\"\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sets PATH_INFO from REQUEST_URI because Passenger doesn't provide it.\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"\"\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 def __init__(self, app):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 self.app = app\r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 def __call__(self, environ, start_response):\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 from urllib.parse import unquote\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] = SCRIPT_NAME\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 request_uri = unquote(environ['REQUEST_URI'])\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 script_name = unquote(environ.get('SCRIPT_NAME', ''))\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 offset = request_uri.startswith(script_name) and len(environ['SCRIPT_NAME']) or 0\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 environ['PATH_INFO'] = request_uri[offset:].split('?', 1)[0]\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 return self.app(environ, start_response)\r\n\r\n# Set the application\r\napplication = get_wsgi_application()\r\napplication = PassengerPathInfoFix(application)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Use a text editor to create a basic\u00a0index.html<\/em>\u00a0file in the\u00a0~\/myapp\/templates\/static_pages<\/em> directory. The file can be as simple as a text that says\u00a0Hello world!<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Next, we’ll use the migrate<\/strong><\/em> command, which is responsible for applying and unapplying migrations.\n
Type the following command:<\/p>\n
\npython ~\/myapp\/manage.py migrate<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/li>\n- Next, we’ll set up the superuser account. This is useful if you need to create an initial superuser account or if you need to generate superuser accounts for your site(s) programmatically.)\n
- \n
- Type the following command:\n\n
python ~\/myapp\/manage.py createsuperuser<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
- At the\u00a0Username<\/span> prompt, type the administrator username and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
- Type the administrator’s e-mail address at the Email address prompt and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
- At the\u00a0Password<\/span> prompt, type the administrator password and then press Enter.
<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Type the following command to collect the static files:\n
\npython ~\/myapp\/manage.py collectstatic<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tIf you are asked if you want to overwrite existing files, type\u00a0yes<\/span> and then press Enter. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- In cPanel, restart the Python application:\n
- \n
- Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n
- In the\u00a0SOFTWARE<\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0Setup Python App<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Under\u00a0WEB APPLICATIONS<\/span>, locate the\u00a0myapp<\/em> application and click the\u00a0Restart<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0icon.
\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Test the Django site:\n
- \n
- Use your browser to http:\/\/www.example.com<\/span><\/em>, where\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span>\u00a0represents your domain name. The\u00a0index.html<\/em>\u00a0file should load.<\/li>\n
- Use your browser to http:\/\/www.example.com<\/span>\/admin<\/em>, where\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span>\u00a0represents your domain name. You should see the Django administration login page. To log in, use the superuser credentials that you created earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nIf the website does not appear in your browser, try running the passenger_wsgi.py<\/em>\u00a0file manually. To do this, type the following command:<\/p>\n
\npython ~\/myapp\/passenger_wsgi.py\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
There should not be any text output to the console when you run this file. If there are any errors, check the syntax in the configuration files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
More Information<\/span><\/h4>\n
That’s it; now you know how to install and set up a Django Application.<\/p>\n
Now that you have a Django app up and running, you can start the real work of developing your applications. The following resources can help:<\/p>\n
- \n
- To view the official Django documentation, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/docs.djangoproject.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- For information about Django extensions, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/django-extensions\/django-extensions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Use your browser to http:\/\/www.example.com<\/span>\/admin<\/em>, where\u00a0example.com<\/em><\/span>\u00a0represents your domain name. You should see the Django administration login page. To log in, use the superuser credentials that you created earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Under\u00a0WEB APPLICATIONS<\/span>, locate the\u00a0myapp<\/em> application and click the\u00a0Restart<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0icon.
- At the\u00a0Username<\/span> prompt, type the administrator username and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
- Locate the\u00a0TEMPLATES<\/strong>\u00a0block, and then modify it as follows:\n
- Activate the virtual environment using the command you noted in step 9 above ^. For example:\n
- Log in to your account\u00a0using SSH Client<\/a>. Or use your cPanel’s Terminal feature.<\/li>\n
- Click\u00a0CREATE APPLICATION<\/strong>: