README.md

Checkmate 2019

Setting Up Backend

Setup Python3 and venv

• Refer this digitalocean tutorial

• Create a python3 virtual environment

  cd backend
  python3 -m venv checkmate-env
  source checkmate-env/bin/activate

• Check that the virtual environment points to correct python path

which python

• Install dependancies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Apply Migrations

cd Checkmate2019/
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py makemigrations Base
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py migrate Base

Populate the Database

python3 manage.py loaddata populate.json

Run the server

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Points to note

• If you want to access the admin interface at http://localhost:8000/admin , use the username and password , both as "admin" (without quotes).
• If you want to logout in the midway, you can do so by typing either "admin" or "#" ( both without quotes) in administrator password field.

Contribution

• Please raise issues if the above procedure does not work for your system.
• Feel free to make necessary changes.
• Please migrate before running the server.