{"id":7030,"date":"2022-04-27T05:02:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T05:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=7030"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:01","password":"","slug":"how-to-deploy-django-web-application-on-shared-hosting-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-deploy-django-web-application-on-shared-hosting-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deploy Django web application on shared hosting (Cpanel)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Compressed website files (tested and working on localhost). Zip format
    recommended.<\/li>
  2. requirements.txt (a list of the Django packages for your application)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Login to your Cpanel; Under Software, select \u2018Setup python App\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      2. Click on \u2018Create Application\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      3. In the create Application Page :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Python Version<\/strong>: Select the python version (Depending with the version you used to develop your web application. It is advisable you use the latest version)<\/li>
      2. Application root<\/strong>: Set the root application folder for your application. It is advisable to use the domain name.<\/li>
      3. Application Url<\/strong>: select the domain on which you wish to install the Django application on.<\/li>
      4. Leave the other fields blank; they will be pre-filled once the application has been created; then click on \u2018CREATE\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        4. Copy the highlighted text below for use in a later stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        5. Navigate to the root folder of your project and upload the compressed project
        folder; extract the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        6. On your root directory; select and edit passenger_wsgi.py ; delete the content and
        add the following line;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        from testproject.wsgi import application<\/em>
        where testproject is the folder containing the wsgi file, usually the parent folder created by django-admin startproject testproject<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        7. On your cpanel homepage, select terminal under Advanced group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        8. Paste the text copied in step 4. -If you did not copy, go back to setup python app
        script and click edit application and copy the link. This launches the virtual
        environment created for our Django project; ready to execute commands and run
        the following lines of code;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        I. pip install -r requirements.txt<\/em> \u2192 to install all the modules for our project
        II. python manage.py makemigrations<\/em> \u2192 To create project tables
        III. python manage.py migrate<\/em> \u2192 to map project tables to our database
        IV. python manage.py createsuperuser <\/em>\u2192 To create an super user \/administrator
        account <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        V. python manage.py collectstatic<\/em> \u2192 To map django static files in the respective
        folders ; -This is defined during development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        9. Navigate back to the root folder for your project; and locate the parent folder ,
        testproject in this case, select and edit the settings.py and edit the following line;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        I. ALLOWED_HOSTS = [‘enter your domain name here eg mydomain.com’]
        II. DEBUG = False \u2192 Let this remain True for debugging but do not forget to
        turn it off when done ;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        In this stage, our site should be up . When DEBUG= True, we will be able to tell in case
        there is an issue .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Lastly, you will realize that if you try to access the admin page youdomain.com\/admin;
        the static files may be missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To fix this click on F12 on your computer; here you will see where your site is trying to retrieve
        the static files; This depends on the location you had set in your settings.py . Copy
        the django default static files to the respective folder for the static files to load correctly.
        Lastly in the settings.py , remember to set DEBUG to False DEBUG = False<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Quick Troubleshooting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        If your site still throws errors; ( server error 500) launch the terminal (step 7 and step 8) and enter the
        following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        python manage.py runserver<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        In case of server error 503, recreate the python application using a lower\/higher python version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Requirements: Compressed website files (tested and working on localhost). Zip formatrecommended. requirements.txt (a list of the Django packages for your application) Procedure: Login to your Cpanel; Under Software, select \u2018Setup python App\u2019 2. Click on \u2018Create Application\u2019 3. 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