InstaShare (Django v5.1.1)

Steps to run the project containerized

• Install Docker and Docker Compose

• Create a file .env in the root folder and set the following environment variables:

  • DB_DATABASE
  • DB_USER
  • DB_PASSWORD
  • DB_PORT

• Run these commands:

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

• To stop the project, run:

docker-compose down

Steps to run the project manually

• First, install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

• You will need a PostgreSQL database server

• Create a file .env in the root folder and set the following environment variables:

  • DB_HOST
  • DB_DATABASE
  • DB_USER
  • DB_PASSWORD
  • DB_PORT

  pointing to your PostgreSQL database

• Run the migrations to create the database structure:

python manage.py migrate

• Install Redis

• Add another environment variable pointing to your Redis instance: REDIS_URL

• Run Celery:

 celery -A djangobackend worker --loglevel=INFO
 celery -A djangobackend beat --loglevel=INFO

• Run the server:

python manage.py runserver

Tests

• For running tests:

python manage.py test

Frontend repo

The frontend for this Django project is this: Angular frontend.