Django Chat

This is a simple chat room built using Django Channels.

Setup instructions on Ubuntu 16.04:

Follow this guide for the initial server setup.

Update package index :

sudo apt-get update

Install dependencies :

sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib nginx

Database setup :

sudo -u postgres psql

CREATE DATABASE djangochat;

CREATE USER djangochatuser WITH PASSWORD 'YOUR_PASSWORD';

ALTER ROLE djangochatuser SET client_encoding TO 'utf8';

ALTER ROLE djangochatuser SET default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed';

ALTER ROLE djangochatuser SET timezone TO 'UTC';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE djangochat TO djangochatuser;

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Setup Django project :

git clone https://github.com/ploggingdev/djangochat.git

sudo apt install python3-venv

cd djangochat

mkdir venv

python3 -m venv venv/djangochat

source venv/djangochat/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install --upgrade pip

Add environment variables :

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

#append the following to the end of the file

export djangochat_secret_key="SECRET_KEY"

export djangochat_db_name="djangochat"

export djangochat_db_user="djangochatuser"

export djangochat_db_password="YOUR_PASSWORD"

export djangochat_postmark_token="POSTMARK_TOKEN"

export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=djangochat.settings

Source the env variables :

deactivate

source ~/.bashrc

source venv/djangochat/bin/activate

Perform database migration :

python manage.py migrate

Install redis by following this guide.

Create Django superuser :

python manage.py createsuperuser

Start the development server :

python manage.py runserver

Start celery :

celery -A chatdemo worker -B -l info

Visit the local development server at 127.0.0.1:8000 to test the site.