Covid20_2053

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Deployment Scripts

• Heroku - Cloud Application Platform
• Docker - execute the app using a sandboxed container
• Gunicorn / Nginx - a common used configuration for Django Apps
• Waitress - Gunicorn equivalent for Windows.

How to use it

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/InternityFoundation/Covid20_2053.git
$ cd django-dashboard-adminator
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$ 
$ # Install modules
$ # SQLIte version
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Create tables
$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate
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$ # Start the application (development mode)
$ python manage.py runserver # default port 8000
$
$ # Start the app - custom port 
$ # python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>
$
$ # Access the web app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Deployment

The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Heroku, Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.

Heroku platform

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-adminator.git
$ cd django-dashboard-adminator
$
$ # Heroku Login
$ heroku login
$
$ # Create the app in Heroku platform
$ heroku create # a random name will be generated by Heroku
$
$ # Disable collect static 
$ heroku config:set DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1
$
$ # Push the source code and trigger the deploy
$ git push heroku master
$
$ # Execute DBSchema Migration
$ heroku run python manage.py makemigrations
$ heroku run python manage.py migrate
$
$ # Visit the deployed app in browser.
$ heroku open
$
$ # Create a superuser
$ heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser

Docker execution

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The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:

Get the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-adminator.git
$ cd django-dashboard-adminator

Start the app in Docker

$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:5005 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Gunicorn

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Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.

Install using pip

$ pip install gunicorn

Start the app using gunicorn binary

$ gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Waitress

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Waitress (Gunicorn equivalent for Windows) is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones that live in the Python standard library.

Install using pip

$ pip install waitress

Start the app using waitress-serve

$ waitress-serve --port=8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Credits & Links

Django Admin Dashboards

Index with UI-ready admin dashboards generated by the AppSeed platform in Django Framework. Start fast your next Django project by using functional admin dashboards enhanced with Database, ORM, authentication flow, helpers and deployment scripts.

What is Django

Django is a Python-based free and open-source web framework, which follows the model-template-view architectural pattern. It is maintained by the Django Software Foundation, an independent organization established as a 501 non-profit. Django's primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-driven websites.

What is a dashboard

A dashboard is a set of pages that are easy to read and offer information to the user in real-time regarding his business. A dashboard usually consists of graphical representations of the current status and trends within an organization. Having a well-designed dashboard will give you the possibility to act and make informed decisions based on the data that your business provides - definition provided by Creative-Tim - Free Dashboard Templates.

Adminator Dashboard

Adminator is a responsive Bootstrap 4 Admin Template. It provides you with a collection of ready to use code snippets and utilities, custom pages, a collection of applications and some useful widgets. Adminator is licensed under The MIT License (MIT) - provided by ColorLib.

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Django Dashboard Adminator - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.