Getting Up and Running Locally

1. Create a virtualenv:

    python3.11 -m venv <virtual env path>

or with

    virtualenv -p python3.11 <virtual env path>

For example, if you would like to create a virtualenv with the name 'venv', change into to directory, and then

    python3.11 -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtualenv you have just created:

    source <virtual env path>/bin/activate

3. Install development requirements:

    pip install -r requirements/local.txt

4. Create a new database

    createdb --username=postgres <database_name>

5. Set the environment variables for your database:

    export DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:<password>@127.0.0.1:5432/<database_name>

(Change the part postgres:< password > according to the username and password in your system)

    export CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0

6. Run this command when not using Docker

    export USE_DOCKER=no

7. Apply migrations:

    python manage.py migrate

7. Run the application

    python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

8. For Celery, run

    redis-server

then

    celery -A config.celery_app worker --loglevel=info

9. If you would like to test the emails with Mailhog, you should first download Mailhog and run it. Settings for Mailhog:

    export EMAIL_HOST='127.0.0.1'

Then you can check the emails on http://127.0.0.1:8025/