how to run the django server on hostname?

Question

I wanted to run Django server on a hostname in the local system. Django has its own server ... that runs on the localhost:8000 i just want it to run on

cpanel-django.django-project.com:8000

I tried using:

python manage.py runserver cpanel-django.django-project.com:8000

i am getting this error:

Validating models...

0 errors found
March 06, 2014 - 06:21:24
Django version 1.6.2, using settings 'moclient.settings'
Starting development server at http://cpanel-django.django-project.com:8383/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
Error: [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:56

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You need to edit the hosts file and rename localhost to cpanel-django.django-project.com.

answered Mar 06 '14 at 06:56

Jayanth Koushik

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which host file ? is the system host file you are talking about /etc/hosts – Nishant Kashyap Mar 06 '14 at 07:04
Depends on OS. On most unixes, it will be /etc/hosts. – Jayanth Koushik Mar 06 '14 at 07:04
but it will change all the localhost to the name ..? – Nishant Kashyap Mar 06 '14 at 07:22
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Hello from the future. You never want to change localhost. You want to add an alternative entry for the servername. So for example you'd have "127.0.0.1 localhost cpanel-django.djangoproject.com" as one line. Removing "localhost" will break any other application that communicates over localhost via hostname. – Monica Apologists Get Out Mar 04 '18 at 18:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 07:22

For every host name there is mapping of IP address in your system so that you don't need to worry about IP address, you just need to remember host name.

How to add Host name in your system?

Check this wiki: Host file content

Where to find the file in your system?

Location of file in different system is mentioned here

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '18 at 04:41

For windows , you can make an entry in hosts file , located in

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

and update the file with

127.0.0.1 cpanel-django.django-project.com:8383

If you are running on port 80 ,

127.0.0.1 cpanel-django.django-project.com

how to run the django server on hostname?

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