This guide concerns Django, an open-source web development framework in Python, particularly renowned for its robustness and rapid development capabilities.

Installing Django

Prerequisites

• Suitable hosting:
  • Deploying a Python application requires an application server running continuously; standard shared web hosting is not suitable.
  • Full server access via SSH is required.
• Technical environment:
  • Python 3 installed on the server, as well as the pip package manager.
• Basic knowledge:
  • Familiarity with the command-line interface (CLI) under Linux and the management of Python virtual environments (such as venv).

Here are the general steps to initialize your environment on your server:

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1. Connect to your VPS server via SSH.
2. Create and activate a virtual environment dedicated to your project to isolate your dependencies (e.g., python3 -m venv my_environment then source my_environment/bin/activate).
3. Install the framework using the package manager: pip install django.
4. Initialize your new project with the command: django-admin startproject name_of_project.

Deployment

Please note that the development server integrated into Django (launched via runserver) is not designed for a production environment. To securely expose your site on the internet on your Infomaniak VPS, you will need to configure an application server (such as Gunicorn or uWSGI) behind a reverse proxy (such as Nginx or Apache).