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Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Scripting Framework Guide

Creating and Deploying a Simple Jython Application using Django

After completing the software installations, you are ready to create Jython applications using Django. This section explains how to create a simple application. GlassFish users can deploy Django applications with the directory deployment method.

ProcedureTo Create a Simple Django Project

Django comes with a built-in administration utility. You can enable it to make the process of creating projects easier.

  1. Use the following command to enable the Django administration utility:

    alias django–admin-jy="jython jython-install-location/bin/django-admin.py"

  2. Change to Django install directory:

    cd django-install-location

  3. Use the following command to create a project:

    django-admin-jy startproject <myproject>

ProcedureTo Deploy a Django Application From Command Line

To deploy a Django application from the command line using the asadmin command, do the following:

  1. Make sure JYTHON_HOME and PATH environmental variables are set.

  2. Change to the directory containing the project. For example:

    cd /tools/jython/projects

  3. Use the following command to deploy the application:

    asadmin deploy myproject/

asadmin CLI for Jython

The asadmin deploy command allows you to set deployment specific properties for the Jython applications. The following table lists these properties.

Table 3–1 Jython Properties

Property 

Default Value 

Possible Value 

Description 

jython.home

None 

Path to a directory 

Path to a Jython installation. Required. 

jython.mediaRoot

None 

Path to a directory 

Optional parameter containing the path to the location, for server to serve the static files.  

jython.frameworkRoot

None 

Path to a directory 

Optional parameter containing the path of the framework being used. Currently supports Django. 

jython.applicationType

None 

String representing application type such as Django 

Optional parameter to specify the framework, including non-Django applications. 

Use the following command syntax to set these properties:

asadmin deploy --property <property>=<value>

For example, you can set the jython.frameworkRoot property to Django directory as follows:

asadmin deploy --property jython.frameworkRoot=/django-install-location

These values are persistent in the domain.xml file.