cookiecutter-django/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}

{{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_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_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_EMAIL_BACKEND                    EMAIL_BACKEND               django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
DJANGO_EMAIL_HOST                       EMAIL_HOST                  localhost                                      smtp.sendgrid.com
EMAIL_PORT                              EMAIL_PORT                  1025                                           587
SENDGRID_USERNAME                       EMAIL_HOST_USER             n/a                                            raises error
SENDGRID_PASSWORD                       EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD         n/a                                            raises error
DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL               DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL          n/a                                            "{{cookiecutter.project_name}} <noreply@{{cookiecutter.domain_name}}>"
EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX                    EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX        n/a                                            "[{{cookiecutter.project_name}}] "
======================================= =========================== ============================================== ======================================================================

* TODO: Add vendor-added settings in another table

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 the included Grunt task.

Make sure that nodejs_ is installed. Then in the project root run::

    $ npm install grunt

.. _nodejs: http://nodejs.org/download/

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-

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 sendgrid:starter
    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 SENDGRID_USERNAME=YOUR_SENDGRID_USERNAME
    heroku config:set SENDGRID_PASSWORD=YOUR_SENDGRID_PASSWORD

    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=<repository>

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}} SENDGRID_USERNAME=YOUR_SENDGRID_USERNAME
    ssh -t dokku@yourservername.com dokku config:set {{cookiecutter.repo_name}} SENDGRID_PASSWORD=YOUR_SENDGRID_PASSWORD
    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.