- If virtualenv is not installed then install it with pip
python -m virtualenv env -p python3.8.5
./env/scripts/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
Note: Make sure python3.8.5 is installed in your system
- Create a .env file in the root directory of the project
- Add the following variables to the .env file
EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
EMAIL_HOST=smtp-mail.outlook.com
EMAIL_PORT=587
EMAIL_HOST_USER=<[email protected]>
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=<password>
SECRET_KEY=test
POSTGRES_DB=<database_name>
POSTGRES_USER=<username>
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<postgres_password>
Note: Replace the values enclosed in angle brackets of the variables with your own values.
You can ignore the below instruction, These instruction are for using gmail as smtp server. If you are using gmail then replace the values with the following
EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
EMAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
EMAIL_PORT=587
[email protected]
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=password
SECRET_KEY=test
POSTGRES_DB=portal
POSTGRES_USER=postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=1234
Note: To use gmail to send otp, you need to generate app password in google settings to bypass 2 step verification
- As of now, we are using postgres ( psql ) as our database.
- Run the following commands
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
- This will create all the tables in the database
- Now run the following command to start the server
python manage.py runserver