ECom Django API How To Set Up Project Locally? Create & Activate Virtualenv python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate Install Dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt Add Database Settings Create following environment variables : DB_NAME = <database name here> (default: postgres) DB_HOST_URL = <database url here> (default: localhost) DB_PORT = <database port here> (default: 5432) DB_USERNAME = <database username here> (default: postgres) DB_PASSWORD = <database password here> (default: password) Run Project Do Migrations python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate Run Django server python manage.py runserver