TurnKey Django Live CD For Linux

TurnKey Django Live CD is a free and open source software appliance, a special Debian-based operating system that has been designed from the ground up to provide users with an easy-to-use solution for deploying dedicated Django servers with minimum effort.

Django is an open source high-level Python web framework that promotes rapid application development, as well as pragmatic, clean design. The appliance comes with a pre-configured Django example project, which is installed by default in /var/www/project.

This Django project is integrated with the Apache web server using the mod_wsgi module, as well as with the MySQL database server and the Postfix mail server. It includes an administration console that features embedded online documentation.

Among other interesting components of this TurnKey appliance, we can mention the iPython command shell for interactive computing, Webmin modules for configuring the MySQL and Apache servers, as well as SSL for secure connections.

When installing this appliance, users should keep in mind that the default username for the Webmin, SSH and MySQL components is root, and that the default Django admin console username is admin. After installation, users will be able to enter new passwords for these accounts.

In order to have a fully functional Django server, you'll also have to add a valid email address for the Django 'admin' account. Optionally, you can initialize the TurnKey Hub services for securely storing your files, databases and package management information.

The appliance is distributed as Live CD ISO images, allowing users to try it without installing anything on their computers. However, their main purpose is to install the operating system on a local disk drive. In addition to the Live CDs, the appliance is also available for download as virtual machine images for Xen, OVF, OpenNode, OpenVZ and OpenStack virtualization technologies.