django change default runserver port

Question

I would like to make the default port that manage.py runserver listens on specifiable in an extraneous config.ini. Is there an easier fix than parsing sys.argv inside manage.py and inserting the configured port?

The goal is to run ./manage.py runserver without having to specify address and port every time but having it take the arguments from the config.ini.

Answer 1

This is an old post but for those who are interested:

If you want to change the default port number so when you run the "runserver" command you start with your preferred port do this:

1. Find your python installation. (you can have multiple pythons installed and you can have your virtual environment version as well so make sure you find the right one)
2. Inside the python folder locate the site-packages folder. Inside that you will find your django installation
3. Open the django folder-> core -> management -> commands
4. Inside the commands folder open up the runserver.py script with a text editor
5. Find the DEFAULT_PORT field. it is equal to 8000 by default. Change it to whatever you like DEFAULT_PORT = "8080"
6. Restart your server: python manage.py runserver and see that it uses your set port number

It works with python 2.7 but it should work with newer versions of python as well. Good luck

Answer 2

create a bash script with the following:

#!/bin/bash
exec ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>

save it as runserver in the same dir as manage.py

chmod +x runserver

and run it as

./runserver

Answer 3

Create a subclass of django.core.management.commands.runserver.Command and overwrite the default_port member. Save the file as a management command of your own, e.g. under <app-name>/management/commands/runserver.py:

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management.commands import runserver

class Command(runserver.Command):
    default_port = settings.RUNSERVER_PORT

I'm loading the default port form settings here (which in turn reads other configuration files), but you could just as well read it from some other file directly.

Answer 4

1. Create enviroment variable in your .bashrc

   export RUNSERVER_PORT=8010

2. Create alias

   alias runserver='django-admin runserver $RUNSERVER_PORT'

Im using zsh and virtualenvs wrapper. I put export in projects postactivate script and asign port for every project.

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Answer 5

I'm very late to the party here, but if you use an IDE like PyCharm, there's an option in 'Edit Configurations' under the 'Run' menu (Run > Edit Configurations) where you can specify a default port. This of course is relevant only if you are debugging/testing through PyCharm.

Answer 6

If you wish to change the default configurations then follow this steps:

1. Open terminal type command

    $ /usr/local/lib/python<2/3>.x/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands
   

2. Now open runserver.py file in nano editor as superuser

    $ sudo nano runserver.py
   

3. find the 'default_port' variable then you will see the default port no is '8000'. Now you can change it to whatever you want.

4. Now exit and save the file using "CTRL + X and Y to save the file"

Note: Replace <2/3>.x with your usable version of python