README.md

ProjectManager

Install notes

Installing python3 and Django

$sudo apt-get install python3
$sudo apt-get install python3-pip
$sudo pip3 install Django
$sudo pip3 install django-bootstrap3
$sudo pip3 install django-jquery

Installing PostgreSQL

$sudo apt-get install postgresql
$sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
$sudo pip3 install psycopg2

Configuring PostgreSQL

Set postgres password

$sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# \password postgres
Enter new password:
Enter it again:
postgres=# \q

Create project_manager database

$sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE "project_manager" WITH OWNER "postgres" ENCODING 'UTF-8';
postgres=# \q

Configure Application settings

Edit {PROJECT_DIR}/ProjectManager/settings.py. Set database password in

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        ...
        ...
        'PASSWORD': '<mypassword>',
        ...
        ...
    }
}

Create database schema

$sudo python3 manage.py makemigrations
$sudo python3 manage.py migrate

Running instructions

Running Django Web Server (Developer mode)

$sudo python3 manage.py runserver

Production environment notes

Installing Apache2 Web Server

$sudo apt-get install apache2
$sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3

Configuring Apache2 Web Server

Enable mod_wsgi:

$sudo a2enmod wsgi

Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and add the following:

WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/ProjectManager/ProjectManager/wsgi.py
WSGIPythonPath /var/www/ProjectManager

<Directory /var/www/ProjectManager>
    <Files wsgi.py>
        Allow from all
        Order deny,allow
    </Files>
</Directory>

Deployment to production

Copy {PROJECT_DIR} to directory /var/www/

Example configuration of settings.py

DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "www.somehost.com"]

Restart apache

$sudo service apache2 restart