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Amazon Lightsail is the easiest way to get started on AWS. It offers virtual servers, storage, databases and networking, plus a cost-effective, monthly plan.

In this tutorial you deploy an example Django-based application onto Lightsail. You start by creating the instance, and deploying your application. Next, you ensure the application is running correctly using the Django’s built-in web server. Finally, you configure Apache to host the application.

Prerequisites

This is an intermediate level tutorial it assumes that you have:

• A basic understanding of the Linux command line (cp, cat, etc.)
• The ability to use a Linux text editor (vi, nano, etc)
• At least a basic understanding of Django and Python
• A free Amazon Web Services account
  

About this Tutorial
Time	30 minutes
Cost	Costs may apply
Use Case	Compute
Products	Amazon Lightsail
Audience	Developer
Level	Intermediate
Last Updated	April 13, 2021

a. Sign into your AWS account and navigate to the Lightsail home page.

f. You can leave the other settings at their default values. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Create Instance.

In this section you’re going to deploy a simple “Hello, World” application. You will use Django’s command line to create a new project as well as a new application before adding the actual application code in the next section.

If you already have a Django application written, feel free to use it for this tutorial. However, take note of the directory structure used in the “Hello, World” application, as it will be important when you configure your own application.

The Django project will be at the following directory	/opt/bitnami/projects
The project itself will be stored at the following directory	/opt/bitnami/projects/tutorial
The app will be created at the following directory	/opt/bitnami/projects/tutorial/hello_world

a. From the Lightsail home page click on the browser-based SSH client icon for your Django instance. This will start an SSH session into your instance. All the following commands should be run in that session.

b. Enter the following command to create the projects directory and give the current system user write permissions to the new directory.

c. Enter the following command to change into the projects directory, and create a new tutorial project.

d. Enter the following command to change into the tutorial project directory, and create a new hello_world app.

Now that you have the scaffolding in place for your application, it’s time to add some code. The application will simply display “Hello, World” whenever the web page is loaded.

You should still be executing these commands in the Lightsail browser-based SSH client window.

a. Enter the following command to open the views.py file using the Vim text editor:

b. Type :1,$d and press Enter to select all, and delete the existing contents of the views.py file.

c. Press I to edit the file, and add the following code to the views.py file:

d. Press Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

e. Enter the following command to create a urls.py file for your application in the same directory as the views.py file:

f. Press I to edit the file, and add the following code:

g. Press the Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

h. Enter the following command to open the urls.py file:

i. Type :1,$d and press Enter to select all, and delete the existing contents of the urls.py file.

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Press I to edit the file, and add the following code to the urls.py file:

i. Press the Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

Next, you’re going to use Django’s built-in web server to verify everything is working as expected. By default, Apache is using port 80 on your Lightsail instance, so you’ll run the Django web server on port 8000. To be able to access the website, you’ll need to open port 8000 on the Lightsail firewall.

a. Return to the Lightsail home page and click on the name of your Django instance.

e. Return to the Lightsail home page and make a note of the instance IP address.

f. Return to the terminal session, and enter the following command to open the settings.py file:

g. Press I and change the ALLOWED_HOSTS line to include the IP Address of your Need for speed run mac os torrent. Lightsail instance as shown in the following example.

Note: When editing your settings.py file, be sure to replace 192.0.2.143 with the public IP address of your instance.

h. Press the Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

i. Enter the following command to start Django’s web server on port 8000:

j. Point your web browser at port 8000 of the instances IP address (e.g. http:// 192.0.2.143:8000).

You should see “Hello, world”, which confirms that your application is running.

Press CTRL+C to stop the application.

It’s not recommended to run production applications using Django’s built-in server. So, in this final section you’ll configure Apache to serve your application.

You’ll do this by configuring the application to use Web Services Gateway Interface (WSGI), and then create an Apache virtual host (vHost).

You should still be executing these commands in the Lightsail browser-based SSH client window.

a. Type the following command to edit the wsgi.py file:

b. Type :1,$d and press Enter in Vim to select all, and delete the contents of the bitnami.conf file.

c. Press I to edit, and add the following code to the wsgi.py file:

d. Press the Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

e. Enter the following command to create a conf directory for your application

f. Enter the following command to create a httpd-app.conf file in the conf directory you just created:

h. Press the Esc, type :wq! , and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

i. Enter the following command to create a httpd-prefix.conf file in the conf directory for your application:

k. Press the Esc, type :wq!, and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

l. Enter the following command to open the bitnami.conf file:

m. Type :1,$d and press Enter in Vim to select all, and delete the contents of the bitnami.conf file

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n. Press I to edit, and add the following code to the file:

o. Press the Esc, type :wq!, and press Enter to save and quit Vim.

q. Point your web browser at the IP address of your instance (e.g. http:// 192.0.2.143).

You should see “Hello, world”, which confirms that your application is running.

Congratulations, you’ve completed the tutorial. You’ve successfully deployed a Django-based application on Lightsail.

Amazon Lightsail is a great choice to develop, build, and deploy a variety of applications like WordPress, websites, and blog platforms.

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