This Python module enables a Django or Flask project to seamlessly integrate behind the HTTP session manager reverse proxy. It will replace the default django.contrib.sessions and AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS to decode sessions forwarded to your project by the HTTP session manager.

Tested with

• Python: 3.7, Django: 3.2 (LTS), Django Rest Framework: 3.12
• Python: 3.10, Django: 4.0 (latest), Django Rest Framework: 3.12
• Python: 2.7, Django: 1.11 (legacy), Django Rest Framework: 3.9.4

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Install deployutils into your environment

$ pip install djaodjin-deployutils

See the steps to integrate with a Django project.

Clone the repository in a virtualenv and install the prerequisites

$ python3 -m .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r testsite/requirements.txt

Create the credentials file with a DJAODJIN_SECRET_KEY and the empty db.

$ make initdb

Run the web application

$ python manage.py runserver

Browse to http://localhost:8000

Tested with

• Python: 3.7, Django: 3.2 (LTS)
• Python: 3.10, Django: 4.2 (latest)
• Python: 2.7, Django: 1.11 (legacy) - use testsite/requirements-legacy.txt

0.10.8

• takes excluded templates into account when packaging theme
• security renames DB_LOCATION to DB_SECRET_LOCATION to redact db_password

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