Django-Console

bash console in the browser for django devops!

IMPORTANT

Service needs to be running on https to securely POST commands to the server.

Did a quick update on the code; need to pull the code and restart the server, and waiting for server admin to do that? Django-Console is for you!

Installation

Step 1

pip install django-console

Step 2

include django-console into INSTALLED_APPS settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django-console'
)

Step 3

include two more variables to settings.py

Even without these settings, it will work.

allows requests from all ips, and works even when not in https (NOT GOOD).

SECURE_CONSOLE = True  # False to allow http
CONSOLE_WHITELIST = [
                "127.0.0.1"
]  # List of IPs to be allowed - NB: All allowed by default

Step 4

run

python manage.py collectstatic

Done!

in your browser, goto http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/console/ to access the web console.

NB: make sure you got superuser privileges.

Tip

To run sudo tasks, you can use

echo mypassword | sudo -S command

Example commands

$ echo pa$$w0rD | sudo -S service nginx restart

$ git pull origin master

$ ls -al

Caveats

all the django superusers can access this portal, so make sure only the right guys have got access before deploying django-console to live.

long running tasks and interactive commands won't probably work.

License

BSD License - checkout LICENSE file for the complete license document

Authors

Anoop Thomas Mathew