Useful Commands

Standard Django Commands

There are many built-in Django commands that may be useful in a development environment. In typical documentation on the web you may see references to invoking these such as:

python manage.py shell_plus

Inside our vagrant setup, these can be more easily invoked using the following without worrying about paths or where files are:

archimedes shell_plus

A full list of standard commands, those added by packages, and by Mataara can be seen by just running:

archimedes help

Detailed help on any individual command is available by running:

archimedes help <command>

Common useful commands in development environments

Command	Source	Description
makemigrations	django	Creates any new migrations required
migrate	django	Update database schema by applying migrations
squashmigrations	django	Squash a set of migrations into a single one
shell_plus	django_extensions	Python interactive shell with Django models loaded
test	django_nose	Run our defined system tests
collectstatic	staticfiles	Collect static files in a single location
runserver	staticfiles	Start a lightweight development web server
check	django	Check the project for potential problems
celery	djcelery	Manage scheduled jobs
getmail	django_mailbox	Retrieve email from any configured mailbox

Useful Celery Commands

Initiate a manual trigger of scheduled celery tasks:

archimedes celery beat

View details of current celery workers:

archimedes celery worker

Custom Mataara Commands

Additional Mataara specific commands

Command	Source	Description
addadvisorysource	core	Add new advisory sources
importadvisories	drupal	Import advisories from configured sources
parseadvisories	drupal	Parse the advisories that have been imported
setsuperuser	core	Assigned superuser rights to the specified user

TODO - The advisory commands are likely to move from a drupal category to a generic one