Vagrant server setup for django rest

Vasav

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Installing Vagrant server

There are 2 requirements to setup vagrant server

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Setting up vagrant box

  • Navigate to root of the django project
  • Copy the vagrant file provided in the github repo
  • Use command vagrant up to set up the virtual box
  • Once processing is done then you are all set to test your app on virtual box
  • Use command vagrant ssh to ssh into the newly created virtual box
  • Naviagate to vagrant directory using command cd /vagrant/. This directory will always sync with the project directory. This is a 2 way sync sp file added on your system will show up in virtual machine and similarly file added to VM will be displayed in your project.

Create virtual environment on vagrant box

  • Use command python -m venv ~/env to create a new virtual environment
  • Use command source ~/env/bin/activate to activate the virtual environment.
  • Once you are in the virtual environment, use command deactivate to get out of virtual environment.

Installing django and drf

  • Make sure to activate virtual environment before performing this step.
  • From the project folder run command python pip install -r requirements.txt to install required python libraries.
  • Once libraries are installed, django app can be tested using VM.

Final Step

Run the server using command python manage.py runserver and it will setup a VM for you. From chrome it can be accessed on localhost:8000.