Creating superuser in Django - Try It Yourself

Creating a Django Superuser

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a new Django project for a blog website. To manage the site easily, you need to create a superuser account that can access the Django admin panel.

🎯 Goal: Create a Django superuser with a username, email, and password so you can log in to the admin panel and manage the blog content.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a Django project and app

Set up the database

Create a superuser with a specific username and email

Use the Django management command to create the superuser

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Creating a superuser is essential for managing content and users in any Django web application.

💼 Career

Knowing how to create and use a Django superuser is a fundamental skill for backend developers working with Django.

1

Create a new Django project

Run the command django-admin startproject myblog in your terminal to create a new Django project named myblog.

Django

# Run the command django-admin startproject myblog in your terminal
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the terminal or command prompt to run the command exactly as shown.

2

Navigate to the project directory and set up the database

Change directory to myblog using cd myblog and run python manage.py migrate to set up the database.

Django

# Change directory to myblog and run python manage.py migrate
# Your code here

Need a hint?

First move into the project folder, then apply migrations to create the database tables.

3

Create a superuser with username and email

Run python manage.py createsuperuser and when prompted, enter the username adminuser and email [e-mail]. Set a password when asked.

Django

# Run python manage.py createsuperuser and enter username and email
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the createsuperuser command and type the exact username and email when prompted.

4

Run the development server and log in to admin panel

Start the server with python manage.py runserver. Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ in your browser and log in with username adminuser and your password.

Django

# Run the server and open admin panel in browser
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Start the server and use the browser to access the admin login page.