Project Setup

1. Install python 3.9.5 & mysql on your system

(You can skip this if python 3.8+ is already installed in your system)

2. Project Setup

i. Clone Project Repository, Cretae VirtualEnv & Install python dependencies

cd <YOUR_WORKING_DIRECTORY>
git clone https://github.com/abutalhadanish/zhcet-information-sharing-system.git
cd zhcet-information-sharing-system
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

ii. Add local settings & run migrations

Add core/settings_local.py with following contents:

from .settings import *

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']

# Enter yout database credentials in the following fields
# DATABASES['default']['NAME'] = 'dbname'
DATABASES['default']['USER'] = 'dbuser'
DATABASES['default']['PASSWORD'] = 'dbpasss'

(replace dbuser and dbpass with your actual database username and password)

iii. Create a database named zhcet_iss in your database shell:

CREATE DATABASE zhcet_iss CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;

iv. Run in shell to create tables

python manage.py migrate

v. Run server to start the backend.

python manage.py runserver