Django Management Commands Builtin Management Commands
Example
Django comes with a number of builtin management commands, using python manage.py [command] or, when manage.py has +x (executable) rights simply ./manage.py [command] .
The following are some of the most frequently used:
Get a list of all available commands
./manage.py help
Run your Django server on localhost:8000; essential for local testing
./manage.py runserver
Run a python (or ipython if installed) console with the Django settings of your project preloaded (attempting to access parts of your project in a python terminal without doing this will fail).
./manage.py shell
Create a new database migration file based on the changes you have made to your models. See Migrations
./manage.py makemigrations
Apply any unapplied migrations to the current database.
./manage.py migrate
Run your project's test suite. See Unit Testing
./manage.py test
Take all of the static files of your project and puts them in the folder specified in STATIC_ROOT so they can be served in production.
./manage.py collectstatic
Allow to create superuser.
./manage.py createsuperuser
Change the password of a specified user.
./manage.py changepassword username
Full list of available commands
