Introduction

Django is a free and open-source web framework written in the python programming language. It follows the model-template-views architectural pattern and allows rapid development. Django is versatile in nature that can be used to create applications in multiple domains. It takes less time to develop a web application than other web frameworks.

This article will explain how to install and use Django on ubuntu.

Prerequisites

A root or non-root user with sudo privileges.
We need to set up Python and Pip on the Ubuntu 20.04 system.

Install Python

Update the software repository.
```
$ sudo apt update
```
It is recommended by the Django Software Foundation to use Python 3, we can install Python 3 by using the following command.
```
$ sudo apt-get install python3
```
Check which version of Python you have installed.
```
$ python3 -V
```
Output:

Install PIP

Need pip in order to install packages from PyPi, Python’s package repository, to install pip follow the below command.
```
$ sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
```

Install Django

To install Python Django on ubuntu by using the below command.
```
$ sudo apt install python3-django -y
```
Check which version of Django you have installed.
```
$ django-admin --version
```
Output:
Run the following command to create the new project. This command creates a new directory called "project_name".
```
$ django-admin startproject project_name
```
Run the below command to create an application for the project.
```
$ python3 project_name/manage.py startapp app_name
```

Migrate the project database.

$ python3 project_name/manage.py migrate

Open setting.py file using the below command.
```
$ sudo vi project_name/project_name/settings.py
```
locate the ALLOWED_HOSTS inside the file and list your serve IP addresses or domain names in the ALLOW_HOSTS then save and close the file.
Start the Django development server.
```
$ sudo python3 project_name/manage.py runserver your_server_ip:8000
```
Replace your IP address with <your_server_ip> in the above command."
Output:
Open the web browser and visit your server IP address followed by :8000 port.
```
http://your_server_ip:8000
```
Output: