Settings Configuration-
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To run the project locally without posting private information on GitHub
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You will need to create your own settings_private.py file to be able to run the project correctly with the common.py file
- Create a new folder named: “settings”
- Move common.py to the new settings file
- Create a new file in the same folder and save it as settings_private.py
In your new settings_private.py you only need to have 2 items in this settings file
- DEBUG = True
- SECRET_KEY = "MADE_UP_CAPITAL_STRINGS’
Within your virtual environment you will need to install all the packages that are within the requirements.txt to run the code base locally. The baseline package has the requirements.txt file stored in ./flash/docs/requirements.txt. Ensure you are pointing to the right directory when executing the command.
Run from your terminal- $ pip3 install -r ./flash/docs/requirements.txt
Check for errors $ python3 manage.py check
Migrate the database
- $ python3 manage.py makemigrations
- $ python3 manage.py migrate