{{cookiecutter.project_name}} ============================== {{cookiecutter.description}} LICENSE: BSD Settings ------------ {{cookiecutter.project_name}} relies extensively on environment settings which **will not work with Apache/mod_wsgi setups**. It has been deployed successfully with both Gunicorn/Nginx and even uWSGI/Nginx. For configuration purposes, the following table maps the '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}' environment variables to their Django setting: ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== Environment Variable Django Setting Development Default Production Default ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== DJANGO_CACHES CACHES (default) locmem memcached DJANGO_DATABASES DATABASES (default) See code See code DJANGO_DEBUG DEBUG True False DJANGO_SECRET_KEY SECRET_KEY CHANGEME!!! raises error DJANGO_SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER n/a True DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT n/a True DJANGO_SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF n/a True DJANGO_SECURE_FRAME_DENY SECURE_FRAME_DENY n/a True DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS n/a True DJANGO_SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY n/a True DJANGO_SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE n/a False DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL n/a "{{cookiecutter.project_name}} " DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL SERVER_EMAIL n/a "{{cookiecutter.project_name}} " DJANGO_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX n/a "[{{cookiecutter.project_name}}] " ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== The following table lists settings and their defaults for third-party applications: ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== Environment Variable Django Setting Development Default Production Default ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID n/a raises error DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY n/a raises error DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME n/a raises error DJANGO_MAILGUN_API_KEY MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY n/a raises error DJANGO_MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME n/a raises error ======================================= =========================== ============================================== ====================================================================== Getting up and running ---------------------- Basics ^^^^^^ The steps below will get you up and running with a local development environment. We assume you have the following installed: * pip * virtualenv * PostgreSQL First make sure to create and activate a virtualenv_, then open a terminal at the project root and install the requirements for local development:: $ pip install -r requirements/local.txt .. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/ Create a local PostgreSQL database:: $ createdb {{ cookiecutter.repo_name }} Run ``migrate`` on your new database:: $ python manage.py migrate You can now run the ``runserver_plus`` command:: $ python manage.py runserver_plus Open up your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to see the site running locally. Setting Up Your Users ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To create a **normal user account**, just go to Sign Up and fill out the form. Once you submit it, you'll see a "Verify Your E-mail Address" page. Go to your console to see a simulated email verification message. Copy the link into your browser. Now the user's email should be verified and ready to go. To create an **superuser account**, use this command:: $ python manage.py createsuperuser For convenience, you can keep your normal user logged in on Chrome and your superuser logged in on Firefox (or similar), so that you can see how the site behaves for both kinds of users. Live reloading and Sass CSS compilation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you'd like to take advantage of live reloading and Sass / Compass CSS compilation you can do so with a little bit of prep work. Make sure that nodejs_ is installed. Then in the project root run:: $ npm install .. _nodejs: http://nodejs.org/download/ If you don't already have it, install `compass` (doesn't hurt if you run this command twice):: gem install compass Now you just need:: $ grunt serve The base app will now run as it would with the usual ``manage.py runserver`` but with live reloading and Sass compilation enabled. To get live reloading to work you'll probably need to install an `appropriate browser extension`_ .. _appropriate browser extension: http://feedback.livereload.com/knowledgebase/articles/86242-how-do-i-install-and-use-the-browser-extensions- {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %} Celery ^^^^^^ This app comes with Celery. To run a celery worker: .. code-block:: bash cd {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} celery -A {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} worker -l info Please note: For Celerys import magic to work, it is important *where* the celery commands are run. If you are in the same folder with *manage.py*, you should be right. {% endif %} {% if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "y" %} Email Server ^^^^^^^^^^^^ In development, it is often nice to be able to see emails that are being sent from your application. For this purpose, a Grunt task exists to start an instance of `maildump`_ which is a local SMTP server with an online interface. .. _maildump: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/maildump Make sure you have nodejs installed, and then type the following:: $ grunt start-email-server This will start an email server. The project is setup to deliver to the email server by default. To view messages that are sent by your application, open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:1080 To stop the email server:: $ grunt stop-email-server The email server listens on 127.0.0.1:1025 {% endif %} It's time to write the code!!! Deployment ------------ It is possible to deploy to Heroku or to your own server by using Dokku, an open source Heroku clone. Heroku ^^^^^^ Run these commands to deploy the project to Heroku: .. code-block:: bash heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:dev heroku pg:backups schedule DATABASE_URL heroku pg:promote DATABASE_URL heroku addons:create mailgun heroku addons:create memcachier:dev heroku config:set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE heroku config:set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='config.settings.production' heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE heroku config:set DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME_HERE heroku config:set DJANGO_MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME=YOUR_MALGUN_SERVER git push heroku master heroku run python manage.py migrate heroku run python manage.py check --deploy heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser heroku open Dokku ^^^^^ You need to make sure you have a server running Dokku with at least 1GB of RAM. Backing services are added just like in Heroku however you must ensure you have the relevant Dokku plugins installed. .. code-block:: bash cd /var/lib/dokku/plugins git clone https://github.com/rlaneve/dokku-link.git link git clone https://github.com/jezdez/dokku-memcached-plugin memcached git clone https://github.com/jezdez/dokku-postgres-plugin postgres dokku plugins-install You can specify the buildpack you wish to use by creating a file name .env containing the following. .. code-block:: bash export BUILDPACK_URL= You can then deploy by running the following commands. .. code-block:: bash git remote add dokku dokku@yourservername.com:{{cookiecutter.repo_name}} git push dokku master ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku memcached:create {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-memcached ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku memcached:link {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-memcached {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:create {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku postgres:link {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}-postgres {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_HERE ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='config.settings.production' ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ID_HERE ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME_HERE ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_MAILGUN_API_KEY=YOUR_MAILGUN_API_KEY ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} DJANGO_MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME=YOUR_MAILGUN_SERVER ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku run {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} python manage.py migrate ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku run {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} python manage.py createsuperuser When deploying via Dokku make sure you backup your database in some fashion as it is NOT done automatically.