Development

Developed using

• Ubuntu server 20.04 64-bit

• python3.8, venv

• Desktop: Windows 10 pro

• Visual Studio Code, with plugins for Python, Remote SSH

Directories and Files

Directory	Description
/opt/factum	home director
/opt/factum/setup.py	script to help with setup (WIP)
/opt/factum/app	django project directory
/opt/factum/app/app	django project
/opt/factum/app/app/settings.py	django project settings
/opt/factum/app/base	django app, base
/opt/factum/app/base	django app, device
/opt/factum/app/docs	django app, shows documentation
/opt/factum/app/lib	common libraries for the django project
/opt/factum/app/static	collected static files, served by apache2
/opt/factum/app/tools	command line tools
/opt/factum/app/templates	templates for django auth
/opt/factum/contrib	example config files, systemd services
/opt/factum/docs	documentation source
/opt/factum/venv	Python virtual environment files

Django setup

Install:

cd /opt/factum
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
django-admin startproject app .
cd app
django-admin startapp base

# todo, adminlte
# todo, adjust settings.py

Development server

During development the Django development server can be used. It supports dynamic reloading and displays errors directly

CLI:

cd /opt/factum
source venv/bin/activate
cd /opt/factum/app
./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5001