Django Volt PRO

Django Dashboard coded with basic modules, database, ORM, and deployment scripts on top of Volt Dashboard PRO (premium version), a modern Bootstrap dashboard design. Volt Pro is a premium Bootstrap 5 Admin Dashboard featuring over 800 components, 20 example pages and 10 fully customized plugin written in Vanilla Javascript.

• 👉 Django Volt PRO - product page
• 👉 Django Volt PRO - LIVE deployment

Features

• Up-to-date dependencies
• Database: SQLite, PgSQL, MySql
• Authentication
  • Session-Based authentication
  • Social Login: Github & Google
• User Extended profile
• API via DRF
• DataTables
• Charts
• Celery
• File Manager
• i18n (internationalization)
• Docker

Start in Docker

Step 1 - Download the code and unzip the sources (requires a purchase).

$ unzip django-volt-dashboard-pro.zip
$ cd django-volt-dashboard-pro

Step 2 - Start the APP in Docker

# Optional (kill all existing containers)
$ docker container kill $(docker ps -q) ; docker container rm $(docker ps -a -q) ; docker network prune -f 
# Start the APP
$ docker-compose up --build 

Visit http://localhost:5085 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Create new .env from env.sample

The meaning of each variable can be found below:

• DEBUG: if True the app runs in develoment mode
  • For production value False should be used
• MYSQL credentials
  • DB_ENGINE, default value = mysql
  • DB_NAME, default value = appseed_db
  • DB_HOST, default value = localhost
  • DB_PORT, default value = 3306
  • DB_USERNAME, default value = appseed_db_usr
  • DB_PASS, default value = pass
• OAuth via Github
  • GITHUB_ID=<GITHUB_ID_HERE>
  • GITHUB_SECRET=<GITHUB_SECRET_HERE>
• OAuth via Google
  • GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<GOOGLE_ID_HERE>
  • GOOGLE_SECRET_KEY=<GOOGLE_SECRET_HERE>

Manual Build

Step 1 - Download the code and unzip the sources (requires a purchase).

$ unzip django-volt-dashboard-pro.zip
$ cd django-volt-dashboard-pro

👉 Set Up for Unix, MacOS

Install modules via VENV

$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Database

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

Create Superuser

$ python manage.py createsuperuser

Start the app

$ python manage.py runserver

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

👉 Set Up for Windows

Install modules via VENV (windows)

$ virtualenv env
$ .\env\Scripts\activate
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Set Up Database

$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate

Start the app

$ python manage.py runserver

At this point, the app runs at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

👉 Create Users

By default, the app redirects guest users to authenticate. In order to access the private pages, follow this set up:

• Start the app
• Access the registration page and create a new user:
  • http://127.0.0.1:8000/register/
• Access the sign in page and authenticate
  • http://127.0.0.1:8000/login/

Start Celery (async task)

• Make sure you have a Redis Server running: redis://localhost:6379
  • $ redis-cli and type ping
• In the base directory inside tasks_scripts folder you need to write your scripts file.
• Run the celery command from the CLI.

$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="core.settings"  
$ celery -A apps.tasks worker -l info -B

• You will see a new route Apps -> Tasks in the sidebar.
• You can start and cancel any task from the UI.

Enable Social Login

👉 Github Setup - Create an OAuth App

• SignIN to Github
• Access Settings -> Developer Settings -> OAuth Apps
• Edit your OAuth App
  • App Name
  • App Description
  • (mandatory) HomePage: https://localhost:8000
  • (mandatory) Authorization callback URL: https://localhost:8000/
  • Generate a new secret key

Codebase

The project is coded using a simple and intuitive structure presented below:

< PROJECT ROOT >
   |
   |-- core/              # Implements app configuration
   |    |-- settings.py   # Defines Global Settings
   |    |-- wsgi.py       # Start the app in production
   |    |-- urls.py       # Define URLs served by all apps/nodes
   |
   |-- home/              # Serves all pages from the UI Kit  
   |
   |-- apps/
   |    |
   |    |-- common/       # Assets used by all APPS (models, helpers)
   |    |-- users/        # Handles Auth Flow
   |    |-- api/          # DRF API
   |    |-- charts/       # Charts APP
   |    |-- tables/       # DataTables APP
   |    |-- tasks/        # Celery App
   |
   |-- templates/         # Pages & Templates   
   |-- assets/            # Static Assets [ JS, CSS, images ]   
   |
   |-- requirements.txt   # Development modules - SQLite storage
   |
   |-- .env               # Environment
   |-- env.sample         # Environment Sample
   |
   |-- manage.py          # Django Manager File
   |
   |-- ************************************************************************

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