A platform for IITG Alumni and Students to interact!

• Clone the repository using git clone https://github.com/arjundey01/AlumniPortal.git.

• Create a python virtual environment inside the project directory using the command python3 -m venv env.
• To activate the environment, run source env/bin/activate in Linux and \env\Scripts\activate.bat in Windows.
• To exit the virtual environment, run deactivate.

• Activate the virtual environment
• Run pip install -r req.txt

Note: This step is optional. Required only for the chat app for running a redis server.

• Linux: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
• Windows: Follow the steps given here.
• Install Redis: docker pull redis

• Run python3 manage.py makemigrations
• Run python3 manage.py migrate --run-syncdb. Note: Use the argument --run-syncdb only for installation.

• (Only if redis is installed) Run docker run -p 6379:6379 -d redis:5. (Use sudo in linux.)
• Activate the virtual environment.
• Run python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000.
• The site will be available at http://localhost:8000/.

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