Portfolio Website

Django server to support frontend Next.js application

Setup

Server

1. Enter pipenv shell
2. Install dependencies with pipenv install
3. Create a database with Postgres
   1. psql then createdb "db-name"
4. Create a superuser for your database
   1. CREATE USER admin;
   2. ALTER USER admin WITH SUPERUSER;
5. Create a .env file with the following properties
   1. ENV with "development" or "production"
      1. If this does not exist, server will assume a development environment
   2. SECRET with literally anything
   3. DB_NAME_PROD & DB_NAME_PROD with relevant database name
   4. DB_USER_NAME with a database user with access
   5. DB_USER_PASS with the password for DB_USER_NAME
6. Apply existing migrations python3 manage.py migrate
7. Create a superuser with python manage.py createsuperuser
8. Run server with python3 manage.py runserver