PostgreSQL server for Django applications under Ubuntu
Written by Guillermo Garron
Date: 2013-05-09 17:47:13 00:00
In case you are trying to install a Django application that may need a database, one really powerful is PostgreSQL, but to be able to use it, you firs need to install it.
Under Ubuntu these are the steps neede to acomplish that.
sudo apt-get install postgresql libpq-dev
Then the psycopg2 Python library.
sudo pip install psycopg2
or
sudo easy_install psycopg2
Finally in your settings.py or production.py add this (something like this)
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'db_name',
'USER': 'db_user',
'PASSWORD': 'db_user_password',
'HOST': ''
}
}
Now you are ready to run your app.