Question

I’m currently using screen and doing

sudo python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:80

Then closing the terminal. Seems like a bit of a hack. What is the correct way to do it?

Answer 1

runserver is a development server. You shouldn’t use it in production, as explained at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/django-admin/#runserver-port-or-address-port where it says:

DO NOT USE THIS SERVER IN A PRODUCTION SETTING. It has not gone through security audits or performance tests. (And that’s how it’s gonna stay. We’re in the business of making Web frameworks, not Web servers, so improving this server to be able to handle a production environment is outside the scope of Django.)

You should use one of the methods given in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/howto/deployment/ for deploying a Django project in production. I have used mod_wsgi with Apache, gunicorn with nginx – the precise solution is up to you and the requirements of your project, but the deployment section of the Django manual goes through various options.