Django Dashboard Material

Open-Source Admin Dashboard coded in Django Framework - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.

Dashboard Features

• SQLite, Django native ORM
• Modular design
• Session-Based authentication (login, register)
• Forms validation
• UI Kit: Material Dashboard (Free Version) by Creative-Tim

Deployment Scripts

• Heroku - Cloud Application Platform
• Docker - execute the app using a sandboxed container
• Gunicorn / Nginx
• Waitress - Gunicorn equivalent for Windows.

Web App Links

• Django Dashboard Material - product page
• Django Dashboard Material - LIVE Demo
• Django Dashboard Material - yTube presentation

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How to use it

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-material.git
$ cd django-dashboard-material
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$ 
$ # Install modules
$ # SQLIte version
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Create tables
$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate
$
$ # Start the application (development mode)
$ python manage.py runserver # default port 8000
$
$ # Start the app - custom port 
$ # python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>
$
$ # Access the web app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Deployment

The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Heroku, Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.

Heroku platform

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-material.git
$ cd django-dashboard-material
$
$ # Heroku Login
$ heroku login
$
$ # Create the app in Heroku platform
$ heroku create # a random name will be generated by Heroku
$
$ # Disable collect static 
$ heroku config:set DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1
$
$ # Push the source code and trigger the deploy
$ git push heroku master
$
$ # Execute DBSchema Migration
$ heroku run python manage.py makemigrations
$ heroku run python manage.py migrate
$
$ # Visit the deployed app in browser.
$ heroku open
$
$ # Create a superuser
$ heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser

Docker execution

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The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:

Get the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-dashboard-material.git
$ cd django-dashboard-material

Start the app in Docker

$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:5005 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Gunicorn

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Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.

Install using pip

$ pip install gunicorn

Start the app using gunicorn binary

$ gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Waitress

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Waitress (Gunicorn equivalent for Windows) is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones that live in the Python standard library.

Install using pip

$ pip install waitress

Start the app using waitress-serve

$ waitress-serve --port=8001 core.wsgi:application
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Support

• Free support via eMail < support @ appseed.us > and Github issues tracker
• 24/7 Live Support via Discord for paid plans and commercial products.

Credits

• Django Framework - Offcial website
• Django Admin Dashboards - Open-source and paid admin panels coded in Django

License

@MIT

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Django Dashboard Material - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.