Merge pull request #150 from benjaminabel/patch-1

Explain database configuration in README.rst
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Daniel Greenfeld 2014-10-30 13:39:42 -07:00
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.. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/
You can now run the usual Django ``runserver`` command (replace ``yourapp`` with the name of the directory containing the Django project)::
Then, create a PostgreSQL database and add the database configuration using the ``dj-database-url`` app pattern: ``postgres://db_owner:password@dbserver_ip:port/db_name`` either:
* in the ``config.common.py`` setting file,
* or in the env variable ``DATABASE_URL``
You can now run the usual Django ``migrate`` and ``runserver`` command (replace ``yourapp`` with the name of the directory containing the Django project)::
$ python yourapp/manage.py migrate
$ python yourapp/manage.py runserver