Django, "the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines", is a Python-based framework for creating web applications. With a powerful object-based database mapper, a clean syntax for mapping URLs to views, a simple template language and a convenient automatically generated administration interface, Django is the most popular of the Python web frameworks.
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Server Clustering (Django, Apache, Nginx, Postgres)
I have a project deployed with django, Apache, Nginx and Postgres. The project has requirement of live data viewable to customers.
The projects main points are:
1. Devices in field send data to server(devices are also like website users) after…

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What's the optimal way to set up a Django server to serve multiple sites?
I currently use Apache 2.0 and FastCGI to serve my Django sites (I host multiple sites from a single server / IP). Each site has it's own FastCGI process which stops Apache forking multiple copies which can use a lot of memory and means I can…

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Django, wsgi, py. what's the difference?
I'm trying to get a django application up and running on my cpanel system. I've installed mod_wsgi, and am following the guide here:
http://www.nerdydork.com/setting-up-django-on-a-whm-cpanel-vps-liquidweb.html
However, I'm now confused as I don't…
Kenny
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Redis cannot bind a specific ip address?
I'm new to redis, but I want to set one up on my Raspberry Pi 4 (RP) for using it in a Django application (with celery).
On my RP I have installed a firewall, ufw, and allowed incomming traffic from my PC's IP on port 6379 (redis port).
I have then…

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Do I have to restart my server after changing settings.py?
I have a django app hosted on digitalocean with gunicorn and nginx.
I have just changed something in settings.py.
I have taken my SECRET_KEY and now I stored it in etc/secret_key.txt
settings.py
with open('/etc/secret_key.txt') as f:
SECRET_KEY…

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Nginx - UWSGI 504 gateway timeout
I saw lots of topics of nginx 504 error , but non if them solved this.
Im using nginx , uwsgi on 1 machine to run Django application .
i tried to add these config line at the end of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf :
uwsgi_read_timeout…

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AssertionError: The `request` argument must be an instance of `django.http.HttpRequest`, not `rest_framework.request.Request`
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 34, in inner
response = get_response(request)
File "/home/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 115,…

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Configure gitlab-ci.yml to run pytest in docker container on Gitlab CI
I have a Cookiecutter django project which uses Docker. I write my tests using pytest and I run my tests using docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest. My local.yml file is in my root dir (where manage.py is)
I want to run these tests…

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nginx, gunicorn, Django 499 error 60s
I get a 499 error after 60s whatever the config I try.
I use Docker on a 8 core/32GB server and there is another nginx/lets-encrypt reverse proxy in front for the others containers.
I am more on the dev side of the craft.
I suppose I need to run my…

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nginx, docker, and gunicorn url without the port number in the url
I have a django app that's also using gunicorn and nginx. I'm able to access my site using http://url:8000, but I don't know how to correctly configure it so I don't have to use the port number in the url at all, ie http://url would by the same as…

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Forbidden after enabling SSL
I recently used LetsEncrypt's Certbot to enable SSL on my server. It's running Apache 2.4.18 with Django 1.11 on Ubuntu 16.04. As explained here, I duplicated my :80 VirtualHost definition for 443 in the same file. I am now getting 403 Forbidden…

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Serve Django Media Files via Nginx (Django/React/Nginx/Docker-Compose)
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I have a single page web app using the following stack:
React for the frontend
Django for the backend
Nginx for the webserver
The web application is dockerized using docker-compose. My React app, fetches data from the Django server…

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FATAL: password authentication failed for user that I just created, with a correct password.I
I installed postgres with Django following this guide
Here I created a database and a user in the postgres command line :
CREATE DATABASE myProject;
CREATE USER myUser WITH PASSWORD '1234';
When I try to connect to this database, either through…

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How to transition from a local Django development server to a restricted public test server?
I am working on a website that should not be open for public viewing. I'm currently developing on my local computer using manage.py and runserver.
However, I want to make the site publicly accessible to only a few certain people. These people are…

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Installing Shapely on Alpine docker
I am trying to move my project to docker and I've been using the alpine variant. This is a django project with postgres database
Here is how i install the dependencies:
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ADD ./requirements.txt /srv/sites/mysite/requirements.txt
RUN echo…

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