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e00c8119 · Chinthak Murali · 2b6fc226 · e00c8119
Commit e00c8119 authored 7 months ago by Chinthak Murali
--- a/Week 12: Setting up a simple Django application
+++ b/Week 12: Setting up a simple Django application
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+Week 12: Setting up a simple Django application
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+Inside a centos VM I cloned from LDAP server (link cloned)
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+conda create --name django python=3.9
+conda activate django
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+conda install django
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+django-admin --version
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+django-admin startproject helloworld
+cd helloworld
+python manage.py startapp greetings
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+In greetings/views.py
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+from django.http import HttpResponse
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+def hello(request):
+    return HttpResponse("Hello, World")
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+
+In helloworld/urls.py:
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+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+from greetings import views
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+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('', views.hello, name='hello'),
+]
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+Open settings.py
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+Add the IP Address to ALLOWED_HOSTS
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+Locate the ALLOWED_HOSTS setting and update it to include your VM's IP address.
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+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '0.0.0.0', '192.168.56.101']
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+python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8001
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+Open your web browser on your host machine and navigate to http://<VM_IP>:8001/
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+VM_IP = 192.168.56.101
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+a page opens up with message 'Hello, World'
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+Set a login page for your Django application
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+add 'greetings' in helloworld/settings.py:
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+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    ...
+    'greetings',
+    'django.contrib.auth',  # Make sure auth is included
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',  # Make sure contenttypes is included
+    ...
+]
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+
+Create login template
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+mkdir -p greetings/templates/registration and create login.html here:
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+<!-- greetings/templates/registration/login.html -->
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Login</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <h2>Login</h2>
+    <form method="post">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        {{ form.as_p }}
+        <button type="submit">Login</button>
+    </form>
+</body>
+</html>
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+
+in helloworld/urls.py write:
+
+# helloworld/urls.py
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+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
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+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),  # Include built-in auth URLs
+    path('', include('greetings.urls')),  # Include your app URLs
+]
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+
+create a file greetings/urls.py and write:
+
+# greetings/urls.py
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+from django.urls import path
+from . import views
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+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.home, name='home'),  # Home view
+]
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+
+in greetings/views.py wtite
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+# greetings/views.py
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+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
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+@login_required
+def home(request):
+    return render(request, 'home.html')
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+
+create home.html in greetings/templates as:
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+<!-- greetings/templates/home.html -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Home</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <h2>Welcome, {{ user.username }}!</h2>
+    <p>You are logged in.</p>
+    <a href="{% url 'logout' %}">Logout</a>
+</body>
+</html>
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+
+make sure helloworld/settings.py has:
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+# helloworld/settings.py
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+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = '/accounts/login/'
+LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'
+
+# Ensure you have a working database and run migrations
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+python manage.py migrate
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+python manage.py createsuperuser
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+(add username, password etc. cmurali, timeMACHINE)
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+python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8001
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+go to http://192.168.56.101:8001/accounts/login/ and make sure login is working and see Hello World upon login.