Managing the Django server

What are commands?

From the command prompt, in your ka-lite/kalite directory, if you run python manage.py, you will see a list of management commands that give you some control over your app.

How do I run them?

From the command prompt, in your ka-lite/kalite directory, run python manage.py [command],

What commands are available?

Here, we list out ALL of the available commands in three sets:

• KA Lite-related commands that we intend you to use
• KA Lite-related commands that we do not intend for you to use
• KA Lite-unrelated commands

KA Lite-related commands: OK to use

• [kalite] update - update your version of KA Lite. Must be online or provide a zip file. (v0.9.4+) zip_kalite - package your version of KA Lite into a zip file, to share with your friends! Includes local_settings.py, but no zone information nor data.

• [main]

  • apacheconfig - for configuring KA Lite to run under apache (by default, configured to run under a Python-based web server)
  • cache - manipulate the cache
  • subtitledownload - force downloading and installation of specified subtitles data (v0.9.4+)
  • videoscan - rescan the hard drive and database, to synchronize available video information.

• [securesync]

  • changelocalpassword - reset the password for a facility user (student, teacher account) e.g. changelocalpassword username
  • retrypurgatory - run only if you find errors in syncing
  • syncmodels - force models to synchronize immediately (online access required)

KA Lite-unrelated commands: OK to use

• [auth]

  • changepassword - reset the password for an admin account (not teacher, nor student)
  • createsuperuser - create a new admin account (not teacher, nor student)

• [django]

  • dumpdata - save your local data to a backup (JSON format)
  • loaddata - load your local data from a backup (JSON format)
  • validate - validate your basic server installation

• [south]

  • migrate - run in case your

KA Lite testing related commands: DON'T use these!

• [coachreports]

  • generatefakedata - generate exercise data for fake users
  • generaterealdata - generate exercise, video, and user login data for fake users

• [django_cherrypy_wsgiserver]

  • runcherrypyserver - runs the python-based web server (run via start.sh / start.bat instead)

• [main]

  • initdconfig -
  • khanload - download new topic data from Khan Academy. WARNING: may fail, and may destroy necessary KA Lite data!
  • videodownload - force downloading of videos selected from "update" UI

• [securesync]

  • generatekeys -
  • initdevice - run once, during installation.