FileChest

A simple files repository.

Instalation

Backend

You need to have python 3.10+ installed.

move into backend directory

cd backend

Install modules from requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

start the postgresql server if it isn't yet started

sudo service postgresql start

create the database, by default the app uses postgresql (you need to have PostgreSQL installed)

log into an postgres session

sudo -u postgres psql

create the database with user, and set the configuration

CREATE DATABASE filechest;
CREATE USER myprojectuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
ALTER ROLE myprojectuser SET client_encoding TO 'utf8';
ALTER ROLE myprojectuser SET default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed';
ALTER ROLE myprojectuser SET timezone TO 'UTC';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE filechest TO myprojectuser;

Create the .env file with needed env variables, including the credentials of db user created before

DEBUG=
SECRET_KEY=
DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=
POSTGRES_DB=
POSTGRES_USER=
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
POSTGRES_HOST=
POSTGRES_PORT=

Make migrations

python manage.py migrate
pythom manage.py makemigrations

Run the application

python manage.py runserver

You should see output similar to one below:

Django version 4.1.7, using settings 'filechest.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

Enter the provided address to see the webpage.