This is a short note on how to build a Django development environment in a Debian Lenny server.
1. Update and upgrade apt-get
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
2. Grab all the packages needed
apt-get install apache2 mysql-server libapache2-mod-python python-mysqldb python-imaging python-django subversion php5 mysql-client php5-mysql
3. Check out Django
cd /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages
svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/django django
ln -s /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py /usr/local/bin
cd /var/www
django-admin.py startproject sample_project
4. Change the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
<Location "/">
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE sample_project.settings
PythonOption django.root /sample_project
PythonDebug On
PythonPath "['/var/www'] + sys.path"
</Location>Alias /admin_media/ /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/
<Location "/admin_media/">
SetHandler None
</Location>
5. Restart the apache server
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
6. Change mysql password root
mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘new-password’) WHERE user=’root’;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
6. Create database & user
CREATE DATABASE db_name;
GRANT ALL ON db_name.* to user_name WITH GRANT OPTION;
SET PASSWORD FOR user_name = password(‘password_here’);
7. Modify the database connection in sample_project.settings
8. Now you can follow the Django tutorial
9. Test django on apache http://localhost/
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