Django 2.0 now available on Bitnami

We are happy to announce the release of Django 2.0.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that helps developers to design clean and rapid software. Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language. The Bitnami Django Stack  significantly simplifies the deployment of Django since it includes ready-to-run versions of Python, Django, MySQL and Apache.

Bitnami Django Stack includes Django 2.0 running over the latest version of Python 3.

You will find these features in this new release amongst others:

• A simplified URL routing syntax that allows writing routes without regular expressions
• A responsive, mobile-friendly contrib.admin
• Window expressions to allow adding an OVER clause to querysets

You can visit the Django official releases notes for a full list of changes.

Do you want to try these new features? Deploy the Bitnami Django Stack in just one click. To get started, you can choose to run them on any of our all-in-one free native installers (for Linux, Windows and OS X) and virtual machines, or launch them in the cloud.

Launch Django 2.0 Now

New Bitnami Django Stack 1.8 released

Django, the Python Web framework, released the version 1.8 and we are happy to announce that this version is already available in Bitnami.

Django 1.8 has been designated as Django’s second "Long-Term Support" (LTS) release. It will receive security updates for at least three years after its release. This version has security enhancements and it supports multiple template engines and new data types. You can find the complete list of new features in the official release notes.

Bitnami Django is available as native installers (available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS),virtual machines and cloud images for Amazon EC2, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

You can start your first project by following the steps below: 

This command will create a new project in your current directory. 

$ django-admin.py startproject yourproject

You can start the new project by running the following commands.

$ cd ./yourproject
$ python manage.py runserver

The last command will start a Django development server, so you can develop things quickly without having to deal with configuring a production server.

Now that the server is running, visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 with your Web browser. When you see a “Welcome to Django” page, you'll know that it worked!

You can find more information about how to manage your installation on our wiki. Still have questions? We would be happy to answer them on our community forum.

Security fix: new Django stacks released

The Django project has just released new versions that fix a multiple vulnerabilities. You can find more info about these issue at the Django blog post.

We want to let Bitnami users know that all our Django platform stacks (Django 1.4.14, Django 1.5.9, Django 1.6.6) installers, virtual machines and cloud images have been updated and released. If you have already installed a version of these applications please make sure that you update your environment.

AWS CLI tools Generally Available, BitNami Cloud Tools updated

Amazon just made the General Availability release of the AWS Command Line Interface tool. With this tool you can control and automate multiple AWS services from the command line and scripts.

BitNami Cloud Tools for AWS has been updated to this latest version and also bundle other popular AWS developer tools for the command line. Some of them require third-party software to run, so we have bundled Java, Ruby 1.9, Python and Node.JS runtimes so, with a single download, you get a fully configured environment to start playing with every Amazon API:

- AWS CLI for Python
- EC2 API tools
- EC2 AMI tools
- CloudFormation tools
- SES tools (Simple Email Service)
- SNS tools (Simple Notification Service)
- CloudWatch command line tool
- SDK for Ruby, Java and Node.js
- s3cmd tool

BitNami Cloud Tools for AWS

BitNami Cloud Tools for AWS are available for Windows, OS X and Linux platforms. Enjoy!

Django 1.5 now available in BitNami

We are happy to announce that  Django 1.5 has been finally released and it is already available in BitNami. After a couple of developer  preview versions we are finally able to bring you the latest stable version of Django,  ready to use.

In case you have been living under a rock, Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

If you are not familiar already with BitNami DjangoStack, it is a free packaging offering that simplifies the development and deployment of Django and Python applications. You can download a native installer or a virtual machine. If you prefer you can also launch a cloud image in the Windows Azure or in the Amazon Cloud. BitNami stacks simplify the deployment and testing of open source web apps and are an ideal method to test the latest releases of your favorite projects, including Django.

The biggest new feature in Django 1.5 is the configurable User model. Another important new feature is that GeoDjango now supports PostGIS 2.0, which is already bundled in the BitNami DjangoStack. GeoDjango makes it simple to create geographic Web applications, like location-based services. You can check our GeoDjango Quickstart guide for details on how to use GeoDjango with PostGIS 2.0 on BitNami DjangoStack.

 
This version of BitNami DjangoStack includes ready-to-run versions of Apache 2.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3, SQLite 3.7, MySQL 5.5, PostgreSQL 9.2 with PostGIS 2.0 (only of Linux and Mac OS X), Python 2.7 and Django 1.5.

But there are much more in this Django release, as you can see in the release notes for this version. Watch out for some backwards incompatible changes

Enjoy!

You have decided! OpenERP to be added to the BitNami library.

It seems that our users are interested in accounting applications. First PhpCompta won our bi-weekly packaging contest a few weeks ago, now OpenERP has been chosen by our users to be added to the BitNami library.

You ask, we execute. As all other winner applications OpenERP will get free native installers, virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images. But that is not all, since now also Windows Azure Cloud images will be available for each project that win our contest.


OpenERP is a comprehensive suite of business applications including Sales, CRM, Project management, Warehouse management, Manufacturing, Financial management and Human Resources just to name a few.

OpenERP's modular approach allows you to start with one application and add other modules later.

 We continue working on previous winner applications like Chryp, Tiki and ResourceSpace. We are in contact with their developers and they will be released soon in BitNami.


Would you like your favorite app to be part of BitNami? Be sure to suggest and vote for it in our contest!  Once you have voted, remember to share via the Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus buttons to encourage your friends to do the same to help your app climb to the top of the list.

Django 1.5 beta: GeoDjango support for PostGIS 2.0. Now all-in-one with BitNami.

The Django development team has recently released the first beta of the upcoming major version of the framework, Django 1.5. At BitNami, one of our goals is to simplify the testing of the latest versions of open source web applications and language runtimes. We are happy to announce that we have just also released our first BitNami DjangoStack with 1.5. It is completely self-contained and it will not conflict with your current development environment. You can download it, give a try and safely remove it when you are done.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. If you are not familiar already with BitNami DjangoStack, it is a free packaging offering that simplifies the development and deployment of Django and Python applications.This version includes ready-to-run versions of Apache 2.2 with mod_wsgi 3.3, SQLite 3.7, MySQL 5.5, PostgreSQL 9.2 with PostGIS 2.0 (only of Linux and Mac OS X), Python 2.7 and Django 1.5. It can be deployed using all-in-one free native installers (for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows), virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images.

The biggest new feature in Django 1.5 is the configurable User model. You can check the release notes for this version here.

Another important new feature is that GeoDjango now supports PostGIS 2.0, which is already bundled in the BitNami DjangoStack. GeoDjango makes it simple to create geographic Web applications, like location-based services. You can now check our GeoDjango Quickstart guide for details on how to use GeoDjango with PostGIS 2.0 on BitNami DjangoStack.

As a reminder, our bi-weekly contest is now open to Python web applications. If there is any application that you would like to see added to the BitNami Library visit our contest page. You can vote for the applications in our contest or also summit new applications.

BitNami Contest now open to Ruby and Python apps

We are holding a bi-weekly contest for deciding which apps we should be adding to the BitNami library.  Initially, it was restricted to PHP-based web applications. The first winners were TestLink and PhpCompta (still in the process of being packaged). We are happy to announce that you can now also vote for Ruby and Python web applications.

Each selected project will get free native installers, virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images that will be kept up to date periodically. They will also get access to the hundreds of thousands of end users and developers that visit our site every month. An streamlined installation process and the extra exposure from BitNami tends to significantly raise the awareness of the winning project.

Take a minute to decide which PHP, Ruby or Python web application is packaged next by visiting our contest page.  Once you have voted, remember to share via the Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus buttons to encourage your friends to do the same. Good luck!

Updated BitNami Django Stack

We have just released a new version of BitNami Django Stack. BitNami DjangoStack greatly simplifies the development and deployment of Django applications. It includes ready-to-run versions of Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Python and required dependencies, as well as the boto Python package that provides interfaces to Amazon Web Services. It can be deployed all-in-one free native installers, virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images.

This version includes Django 1.4.2 which includes security fixes. For more details please visit https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/.

We have also updated boto to 2.6.0 which adds support for Amazon Glacier, support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk, CORS support for Amazon S3, support for Reserved Instances Resale in Amazon EC2 and support for IAM Roles.

Enjoy!

New BitNami Stack for Plone!

We are happy to announce a new addition to the BitNami Application Library, Plone CMS. It is a free and open source content management system built with Python on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for all types of websites, including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites.

The BitNami Plone Stack simplifies the installation and configuration process of Plone and its dependencies. It includes a pre-configured version of Plone 2.4.1, Python 2.7, Apache 2.2 and all other required dependencies.

The BitNami Plone Stack is configured for both development and production environments. The default configuration is the following:

• Apache is configured as a proxy server. It is running in the default port (80 or 8080) and you can also configure it for serving your static content in production.
• Zope is running as a one instance cluster. You can easily add more instances to the cluster in your production environment. It is running in port 8081 by default.
• Zeo server is running in port 8100 by default.

Once you have downloaded and installed the free native installer, virtual machine or deployed the Amazon Machine Images (AMI's) in the cloud, you can access the Zope management interface and create your first Plone site.

Zope management interface

New Plone site

Check our Quick Start Guide to learn more about how to start working with your BitNami Plone deployment. 

We also provide simplified deployment and management of Plone in the cloud with BitNami Cloud Hosting. Sign up for our free developer plan to check it out!

BitNami Trac v1.0 released, Managing Users now easier

We have just released an updated BitNami Stack for Trac 1.0, the latest stable version of the popular bug tracking system. In the previous release candidate, we added Git support and now we also ship the popular Account Manager plugin.

If you are not familiar with Trac, it is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. The project’s mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

The recently added Account Manager plugin offers features for managing user accounts easily:

• Enable authentication through a number of built-in authentication resources and some more by 3rd party extensions
• Allow users to register new accounts
• Allow existing users to change their passwords

Account Manager plugin in action

As usual, Trac is now available in the form of ready-to-run installers, virtual machine images (VMs) and Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for the Amazon Cloud.

Updated BitNami Django Stack Includes the Latest Security Fixes

While our focus at BitNami is on ease of use, we never want to sacrifice security and strive to always provide you with the latest stable and most secure versions of the applications that we package. Two days after the release of the latest Django version, v.1.4.1, which includes several several security fixes, we are happy to announce the release of an updated  BitNami Django Stack which includes the latest Django version. As always, the BitNami Django Stack is available free of charge as a native installer, VM and AMI for the Amazon Cloud. We are also working on updating our Django-based stacks (Review Board, OSQA and Pootle).

We have also taken this opportunity to update the Python interface to Amazon Web Services (boto) to the latest version (currently 2.5.2). Several important new features are included in this release, such as:

- Support for IAM Roles for EC2 Instances
- Added support for Capabilities in CloudFormation
- Spot instances in autoscaling groups
- Added tenancy option to run_instances
- Support for Amazon Cloudsearch Service.
- Support for Amazon's Marketplace Web Service.
- Latency-based routing for Route53
- Support for new domain verification features of SES.

A full list of recent improvements in the Python interface to Amazon Web Services is available on the project wiki.

BitNami Django Stack Now Includes Python 2.7 and PostGIS Support

We are happy to report that BitNami Django Stack has been updated to include support for PostGIS and Python 2.7! While we already had this on our to-do list, feedback from several users inspired us to get it out the door earlier that planned. Thank you to everyone who took the time to let us know that they would like to see this, and please keep the feedback coming!

Note that currently, the built-in PostGIS integration is only for Linux and Mac OS X. You can manually install it on Windows (take a look at this). You may also want to check out our PostGIS Quick Start guide.

Simplify Review Board installation with BitNami

We try our best at BitNami to provide an easy way for you to discover, install and use the best open source applications. We already package wikis, content management systems, blog software, customer relationship management tools and more.

We are happy to announce a new addition to our family, Review Board. It provides a powerful web-based code review tool that offers developers an easy way to handle code reviews. It scales well from small projects to large companies and offers a variety of tools to take much of the stress and time out of the code review process.

Review requests

Diff viewer

BitNami makes setting up Review Board a simple process, even if you are not familiar with Django or some of the other technologies it requires. Review Board itself is easy to use and you can learn more about how to configure it with your repository from its official manuals.

As with all BitNami applications, Review Board is available as a native installer, virtual machine image and Amazon cloud template (AMI). Review Board will also soon be available in BitNami Cloud Hosting, allowing it to be deployed to the Amazon cloud in one click and have it automatically backed up and monitored. Combined with the AWS free usage tier, you can have a completely free hosted setup of Review Board.

BitNami DjangoStack now supports DynamoDB

We recently included the Python interface to Amazon Web Services (boto) in the BitNami DjangoStack. We have updated it to the latest version (2.2.1), which includes support for AWS latest service, Amazon DynamoDB.

For more details about how to use boto with DynamoDB you can check the official boto documentation.

More details about DynamoDB itself can be found at the Amazon DynamoDB page.

BitNami DjangoStack: Updates

We have recently released a new version of the BitNami DjangoStack. This version includes a major update in the MySQL database version to MySQL 5.5. Another improvement for the Linux and Mac OS X installers (also VMs and Linux AMIs) is that the Python Imaging Library is now included. We found that users were finding issues when trying to install PIL on top of the BitNami DjangoStack on Unix distributions especially in Mac OS X. In our aim to simplify the development and deployment of Django applications by providing a ready-to-run environment, we have now included this library in the BitNami DjangoStack.

BitNami Trac Stack with mod_wsgi released

We have just released a new version of the BitNami Trac Stack. This release still bundles Trac 0.12.2 (the latest stable version available) but includes some major improvements:

• Configure Trac with Apache and mod_wsgi (instead of mod_python)
• Upgrade Python to 2.6.5
• Upgrade Subversion to 1.6.15
• Upgrade SQLite to 3.5

Enjoy!