Django Zato Example: Proof of concept

Development setup

• Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS (Trusty) amd64 Virtual Machine (in my setup, it's running in Hyper-V on Windows 8 Pro, but any hypervisor will do I guess)
• Packages / software:
  1. Postgresql 9.3: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-postgresql-on-ubuntu-14-04
  2. Redis (Latest): http://tosbourn.com/install-latest-version-redis-ubuntu/
  3. Zato: https://zato.io/docs/admin/guide/install-ubuntu.html
• Configuration:
  1. Configure PostgreSQL user (e.g. "zato") and a database for this user (e.g. "django-zato-db")
  2. Configure Zato project (quickstart): https://zato.io/docs/admin/cli/quickstart-create.html
  3. Configure Zato services that will be used in the Django Zato Example project: https://zato.io/blog/posts/django-web-services-integration.html
  4. Do not use the exchangerates.py script in the previous link, use the one that can be found in this repo under "services". "Hot-Deploy" that script.
  5. Check and update Zato configuration parameters, see application/settings.py in this repo
• Run django service and go to http://localhost:8000 (or whatever url your django service is running on)
• Profit!