- Python3.6, Python3.6-dev
- virtualenv
- PostgreSQL
If you have all the pre-requisites installed, skip this step and go to next step
sudo apt-get install python3.6 python3.6-dev
python3 --versionsudo apt-get install virtualenv
virtualenv --versionsudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
psql --version
# you can install pgadmin3 optionally to explore database
sudo apt-get install pgadmin3# enter postgresql cli
sudo su postgres
psql/* see the list of users with their roles/attributes */
\du
/* create a new user if you do not want to use existing users */
CREATE USER <username> WITH PASSWORD <password>;
/* give the new user superuser role */
ALTER USER <username> WITH ROLE SUPERUSER;
/* create new database with one of the users as owner */
CREATE DATABASE <database-name> WITH OWNER=<username>;# go to project root after cloning the project
cd PATH_TO_PROJECT_ROOT
# create virtual environment with python3.6 as default python and activate it
virtualenv -p python3.6 .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
# For windows
.\.venv\Scripts\activate
# install api dependecies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# copy example env containing necessary environment variables to .env
cp env.example .envopen .env and input values of following variables
DJANGO_SECRET
DATABSE_NAME
DATABSE_OWNER
DATBASE_PASSWORDcomplete setup with the following commands
# run database migration
python manage.py migrate
# create admin user
python manage.py createsuperuser
# load data
python manage.py runscript loadsettingsdata
python manage.py runserver