Having trouble deploying django project onto VPS | Django | Page 1

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:51 PM

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Hello, this is my first time deploying a django project and my first time using the linux terminal, I am trying to deploy my django project onto a VPS but keep running into errors when typing in commands. i am not sure why this is happening but would be glad to provide additional information🧠

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 8:52 PM

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You're going to provide the commands and the errors you are getting for anyone to help

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:52 PM

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ok

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so i am using this tutorial: https://www.askpython.com/django/deploying-django-project-on-vps and on the stage where i upload the files, it is saying that scp is not defined

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i am aslo having trouble confirming the path to my key

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i am retty new to all of this and am not sure what it exactly means

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after typing in this command scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -r <file path to project> ubuntu@:STserver.vps.local "/root/BOB" it returns : ```Warning: Identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa not accessible: No such file or directory.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname c: Temporary failure in name resolution
Warning: Identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa not accessible: No such file or directory.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname : Name or service not known

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 8:54 PM

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scp is a command on your local machine. It exists by default on mac or linux. I would guess you need to install it on Windows

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:55 PM

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what is scp?

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 8:55 PM

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it's a program.

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:55 PM

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and i thought that the commands that i am typing in the ssh would be ran on the server whihc is running linux in which it would already come by default

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 8:55 PM

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it stands for "secure copy" if I remember correctly

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scp is the program that will copy files from your local machine to the VPS over ssh

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:56 PM

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so i need it on teh vps AND on my local macheine

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 8:56 PM

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just on your local machine

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What OS are you running on your local machine?

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 8:57 PM

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windows 11

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but i have a drive partition running ubuntu

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i was running into some issues on windows so i thought i should copy some of teh files and do it from ubuntu

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is scp free? https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/winscp/9P0PQ8B65N8X?hl=en-us&gl=us&cid=downloads&rtc=1

Get WinSCP from the Microsoft Store

WinSCP is a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows, a powerful file manager that will improve your productivity. It offers an easy to use GUI to copy files between a local and remote computer using multiple protocols: Amazon S3, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP or WebDAV. WinSCP can copy files between two local folders too. Power users can automate Wi...

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i have PuTTY installed on my windows system so shounnt i already have scp

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i acessed teh vps through putty

solid plaza Jul 26, 2023, 9:04 PM

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IMO it will make your life easier to work with a linux based system (windows does have this now, but I don't know how to set it up)

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scp is probably accessible from Putty, but it's been years since I used it

mighty timber Jul 26, 2023, 9:05 PM

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oh

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so i should copy the files onto linux and then use linux to connect to the vps and do evertyhing from there

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