sae django setup

gistfile1.sh

# install virtualenv to manage the environment
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

# create site folder
mkdir mysite
cd mysite

# activatet the virtualenv environment
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# install mysql-python, it must be prior to django installation
# (apt-get is optional if you already installed the packages)
sudo apt-get build-dep python-mysqldb
pip install MySQL-python

# install django and create new project
pip install Django==1.4
django-admin.py startproject myproject

cd myproject
vi config.yaml
# (config.yaml content:)
# name: myproject
# version: 1
# libraries:
# - name: "django"
#   version: "1.4"

vi index.wsgi
# (index.wsgi content:)
# import sae
# from enurse import wsgi
#
# application = sae.create_wsgi_app(wsgi.application)

ls 
# (ls result should have: config.yaml  <myproject>  index.wsgi  manage.py) 

# check out the dev server environment of SAE
git clone http://github.com/SAEPython/saepythondevguide.git

# setup dev server
cd saepythondevguide/dev_server
python setup.py install

# start django project without database
dev_server.py

# update database in settings.py
cd myproject
vi settings.py

# (MySQL configuration:)
# import sae.const
# DATABASES = {
#    'default': {
#        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
#        'NAME': sae.const.MYSQL_DB,           # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
#        'USER': sae.const.MYSQL_USER,         # Not used with sqlite3.
#        'PASSWORD': sae.const.MYSQL_PASS,     # Not used with sqlite3.
#        'HOST': sae.const.MYSQL_HOST,         # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
#        'PORT': sae.const.MYSQL_PORT,          # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
#    }
# }

# start dev server with MySQL database
dev_server.py --mysql=user:password@localhost:3307

# voila! you should be able to see the hello page on http://localhost:8080/