Django is one of a couple of pre-installed applications we currently offer on our virtual private servers , a summary on the django website describes it as “a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.”

What this actually means is , its saves you time  , alot of it. It does this by providing you with a large range of pre-installed modules which you can easily use and configure to suit whatever application your looking to build.
As Django is already pre installed on your server with us i can skip that part and explain how you go about how django is set-up and basic settings you might need to get started

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After just installing iptables, it will have no rules on the INPUT, OUTPUT or FORWARD chains:

# iptables -L

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

And the default policy on each chain is “ACCEPT”, which means there are no restrictions: any incoming and any outgoing packets are allowed.

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