How to Setup Django Server on Azure/AWS/GCP
To setup and install Django server on any of the cloud platforms, the recommended way is to setup a VM using the Django image available from the marketplace. Details below:
Setup Django Server on Azure
Setup Django Server on AWS
Setup Django Server on GCP
Getting Started
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Once your Django server has been deployed, the following links explain how to connect to a Linux VM:
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- How to connect to a Linux VM on Azure
- How to connect to a Linux VM on AWS
- How to connect to a Linux VM on GCP
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Once connected and logged in, you’re ready to start configuring Django
Setting up Django
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Once logged in, to check the current version of Django, you can run the following command:
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Create a Django Project
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You can create a new Django application using the django-admin command inside the folder of your choice. Change the mysite to a name of your choice:
Once the Django project has been created, change the directory to mysite and migrate the changes with the following commands:
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cd mysite
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You should get the following output:
Create Django Admin User Account
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Next, you will need to create an admin user account for managing the Django project. This will allow you to login to the Django web portal. You can create it with the following command:
Start Django Application
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By default, the Django application can not be accessed from the remote hosts. So you will need to allow Django for external hosts. You can do it by adding your server IP in settings.py. Run the following command, change the mysite folder directory depending on where you’ve installed Django
Change the following line:
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ALLOWED_HOSTS = [‘your-server-ip’] – Make sure to add the quotations ‘ ‘
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Save and close the file. Then, start the Django application with the following command:
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Make sure you’re still in your Django root application folder.
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python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
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You should see the following output:
Django application has now started and runs on port 8000.
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Go to your ServerIP:8000 and you should see the following page:
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To use the administrative web admin, Access with /admin
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Login with username and password which was setup earlier.
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Thats it, you’re now ready to start building your first app.
Django Documentation / Support
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Documentation on using Django can be found on the official website:
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https://docs.djangoproject.com/
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Get support from the Django community
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Django Firewall Ports
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By default Django uses the following firewall ports:
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TCP 8000
TCP 80
TCP 443
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If you are using any of the cloud security groups and need to change / add ports refer to the following guides:
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To setup AWS firewall rules refer to – AWS Security Groups
To setup Azure firewall rules refer to – Azure Network Security Groups
To setup Google GCP firewall rules refer to – Creating GCP Firewalls
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