Installing Django on CentOS 7

Django is a high-level web framework written in Python which follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern. It simplifies the process of building web applications by providing a set of tools and libraries for handling common web development tasks.

To install Django on CentOS 7, you can follow these steps:

1. First, ensure that you have Python and pip installed on your CentOS 7 server. You can check this by running the following commands in your terminal: python --version pip --version If Python and pip are not installed, you can install them with the following command: sudo yum install python3 python3-pip
2. Once you have Python and pip installed, you can use pip to install Django by running the following command: sudo pip install django
3. After the installation completes, you can check the Django version by running: django-admin --version This should display the installed version of Django.
4. At this point, Django should be successfully installed on your CentOS 7 server. You can now start building your web application using Django's features and functionality.

It is recommended to create a virtual environment for your Django projects to isolate their dependencies and packages from the system's Python environment. This can be done using the venv module in Python. You can create a virtual environment with the following command: python3 -m venv myenv This will create a new directory called myenv which will contain the necessary files for the virtual environment. Activate the virtual environment by running: source myenv/bin/activate Once activated, you can install Django and other Python packages specific to your project without affecting the system's Python environment.