Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Starting the FastCGI process manager

The process of beginning to build a website with the Django framework is as simple as running the following command:

[[e-mail] ~]# django-admin startproject mysite

Once that part is done, you will find a manage.py Python script that comes with the default project template. Open the newly created mysite directory containing manage.py, and run the following command:

[[e-mail] mysite]# python manage.py runfcgi method=prefork host=127.0.0.1 port=9000 pidfile=/var/run/django.pid

If everything was correctly configured, and the dependencies are properly installed, running this command should produce no output, which is often a good sign. The FastCGI process manager is now running in the background ...