---
title: "Django"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/serverless/help/appsail/help-guides/python/django/
description: "Catalyst AppSail is a fully-managed PaaS component of Catalyst Serverless that enables you to develop and deploy services in Java, Node.js, and Python in the cloud with ease, and manage your platform instances."
last_updated: 2025-11-03T10:48:29Z
service: Serverless
type: general
---

# Django Framework

[Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) is a highly popular, full-stack, open-sourced framework of Python that includes all Python features by default. This high-level framework handles much of the intricacies of web development in a built-in manner, and allows developers to focus on the logic of their apps. Django also offers inherent support for commonly-used database systems and ORM support to map objects to tables, which facilitates easy data migration.

This example illustrates the steps to build a simple Python app with the Django framework. This application will then be bundled and associated with an AppSail service, and deployed to the console.

1. Create a new folder in your local system for the Django app.

2. Navigate to the directory from your terminal and execute the following command to install Django:

```python
python3 -m pip install django -t .
```

3. Create a [Django project](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/intro/tutorial01/#creating-a-project) by executing the following command.

```python
python3 -m django startproject mysite
```

> **Note:** You will need to configure your AppSail domain in `ALLOWED_HOSTS` as mentioned in [this help section](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts).

4. You can now [initialize an AppSail service](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cli/v1/initialize-resources/initialize-appsail/) in the same directory from the CLI or [add it](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cli/v1/add-appsail/) in an existing project directory. The app's source must be your application's directory. Provide the following value while initializing the app service:

    **Stack**: Python_3_9

5. Ensure all the Python application files along with the `django` modules are present in the build directory you specify during initialization. Catalyst will automatically ZIP your app files during deployment to the remote console. 

6. [Deploy the app service](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cli/v1/deploy-resources/deploy-appsail//) to the console.   

7. You can then configure the [startup command](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/serverless/help/appsail/key-concepts/appsail-execution/#startup-commands) given below from the console:

```python
sh -c 'python3 -u mysite/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:${X_ZOHO_CATALYST_LISTEN_PORT}'
```

You can also configure this in the `app-config.json` file before deploying.

Access the deployed app service from its [endpoint URL](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/serverless/help/appsail/key-concepts/appsail-execution/#custom-domain-url).