FCAHPT

A Car Rental Website

Installation

To run this project on your machine. Make sure you have python3 installed on your machine. Create a virtual environment on your code editor using the command

virtualenv <name of environment>

Example

virtualenv env

If virtualenv is not installed on your machine. Install it or use this alternative to create a virtual environment

python -m venv <name of environment>

After virtual environment has been created. Activate the environment.

Linux

source <name_of_environment>/bin/activate

Windows

<name_of_environment>/Scripts/bin/activate

Install all packages listed in the requirements.txt file using the command below:

pip install -r requirements.txt

All packages should install without errors.

Create a .env file in the product directory

Follow the example in the .env.example and populate the .env file with the values

Input SECRET_KEY=<secret key copied from terminal> if required

NOTE:

If all above has been met, skip to the command below

Then run the python server with the command

Make migrations

python3 manage.py makemigrations

Migrate to the database

python3 manage.py migrate

Run the server

python3 manage.py runserver