Making django server accessible in LAN
Question:
I have installed Django server and it can be accessed as below
http://localhost:8000/get-sms/
http://127.0.0.1:8000/get-sms/
suppose My IP is x.x.x.x .
From another PC under the same network when I do
my-ip:8000/get-sms/
but it is not working.
I can easily ping my IP with that computer.
Moreover, on my port 81, I have apache, which is easily accessible like below
http:///my-ip:81
What can be the issue? Do I need something extra in Django
Answers:
Running the Django Development Server
This is what you’re looking for. To help you further, here is what you should do:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
By the way, this may be a duplicate of this question.
Here is what the documentation says:
Note that the default IP address, 127.0.0.1, is not accessible from
other machines on your network. To make your development server
viewable to other machines on the network, use its own IP address
(e.g. 192.168.2.1) or 0.0.0.0.
You can use https://ngrok.com/ this will expose your local web server to the internet/public.
To add to @Depado ‘s answer you may need to add your LAN IP address to ALLOWED_HOSTS in the settings.py along with localhost. it would look like,
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "192.168.8.160"]
(if localhost isn’t working use 127.0.0.1 as suggested by @Sabito 錆兎)
Everywhere I looked, I kept seeing the answer to use the terminal command:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
That works, but not if you want to run a remote debugger across the LAN (in my case VSCode), which launches the server automatically without a chance to modify the host ip address. However, I found a permanent solution:
Open: ./env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py
Search for: self.addr = ''
Replace '' with '0' and save. ('0' is shorthand for '0.0.0.0')
Now if you run: python manage.py runserver it is open to the local network, outputting: Starting development server at http://0:8000/
Importantly, the debugger now launches the server at http://0:8000/
If you haven’t already, remember to add your client to allowed hosts in settings.py: ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
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I have installed Django server and it can be accessed as below
http://localhost:8000/get-sms/
http://127.0.0.1:8000/get-sms/
suppose My IP is x.x.x.x .
From another PC under the same network when I do
my-ip:8000/get-sms/
but it is not working.
I can easily ping my IP with that computer.
Moreover, on my port 81, I have apache, which is easily accessible like below
http:///my-ip:81
What can be the issue? Do I need something extra in Django
Running the Django Development Server
This is what you’re looking for. To help you further, here is what you should do:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
By the way, this may be a duplicate of this question.
Here is what the documentation says:
Note that the default IP address, 127.0.0.1, is not accessible from
other machines on your network. To make your development server
viewable to other machines on the network, use its own IP address
(e.g. 192.168.2.1) or 0.0.0.0.
You can use https://ngrok.com/ this will expose your local web server to the internet/public.
To add to @Depado ‘s answer you may need to add your LAN IP address to ALLOWED_HOSTS in the settings.py along with localhost. it would look like,
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "192.168.8.160"]
(if localhost isn’t working use 127.0.0.1 as suggested by @Sabito 錆兎)
Everywhere I looked, I kept seeing the answer to use the terminal command:
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
That works, but not if you want to run a remote debugger across the LAN (in my case VSCode), which launches the server automatically without a chance to modify the host ip address. However, I found a permanent solution:
Open: ./env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py
Search for: self.addr = ''
Replace '' with '0' and save. ('0' is shorthand for '0.0.0.0')
Now if you run: python manage.py runserver it is open to the local network, outputting: Starting development server at http://0:8000/
Importantly, the debugger now launches the server at http://0:8000/
If you haven’t already, remember to add your client to allowed hosts in settings.py: ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
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