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Sensevis Django/Database Installation

Dependencies

  • pip

Database Installation

1. Download and install MongoDB
2. Run MongoDB:

$ mongo

3. Create a new database called 'sensedb'.

>>> use sensedb

4. Insert and remove a blank document to save the database.

>>> db.test.insert({})
>>> db.test.drop()

Django Installation

1. Install Django

$ pip install Django==1.6.5

2. Install MongoDB backends for Django

$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django@nonrel-1.5
$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/djangotoolbox
$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/mongodb-engine

3. Download and unzip Sensevis Django project.
4. In the djangosense/ directory, run the server locally with the command:

$ python manage.py runserver 

You can specify another server by appending to the previous command the appropriate host:port.