How to run Django application server

Django is a python free and open-source framework that is widely used nowadays. It offers a lot of libraries and functions that can be easily invoked. Running Django app with a local Django server will help you to speed up the development process. Let’s see what is the best and quick way to run it.

Prerequisites

• Python
• pip

Solution

Step 1. First, let’s see the default or minimal Django app structure:

ls djangoapp/
    __init__.py
    manage.py
    settings.py
    urls.py

Step 2. To start the Django server app on the default port, run:

python manage.py runserver

Output:

Validating models...
0 errors found.

Django version 2.0, using settings 'mysite.settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

Step 3. If you want to change the default port and run the Django server in the background, run:

python manage.py runserver 8080 &

• &: Will run the server process in background.

Step 4. My preferred way is to make it listen on all public IPs along with the port.

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 &

Conclusion

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