Django Cannot Be Accessed From Localhost

Question

It's kinda weird I cannot access django from localhost but I able to access it from local IP.

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

then when I try to access from

My host file

127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 gc.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com ff.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com ie.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com
0.0.0.0 gc.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com ff.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com ie.kis.scr.kaspersky-labs.com

I'm guessing something wrong with windows firewall or kaspersky,but I don't know what to do.

I've add exception to port 8000 and python.exe too

Solution 1

I cannot access localhost:8000 from my browser if I run python manage.py runserver

I don't know why that command cannot work in my laptop, but in my pc it just works.

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ok, so my solution now is to use ipv6 and port 8000 which is

python manage.py runserver [::]:8000

Solution 2

Just try http://0.0.0.0:8000 instead of localhost:8000

Default localhost value is http://127.0.0.1

If you see the runerver result you have :

starting developement server at http://0.0.0.0:8000

Because you told that django server start at http://0.0.0.0:8000 when you run this command :

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Solution 3

I'm also beginner to django, but I needed following things in order to run the server:

1. In settings.py, added ALLOWED_HOSTS as
   ALLOWED_HOSTS = [ 'elearning.com' ]
   where elearning.com is my hostname. You can have multiple hosts separated with comma.
2. Used following command to run the server:
   python manage.py runserver [::]:8000
   or
   python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
   or
   python manage.py runserver 0:8000.
   It will now listen to all interfaces. Read Django doc here.
3. Browsed to given hostname. In my case, it is http://elearning.com:8000/

I tried writing IP in ALLOWED_HOSTS but it didn't work, I could not open http://192.168.x.x:8000 in browser. Can anyone please correct me?

Comments

[Richard Octovianus]

It's the same. I still cannot access even with 127.0.0.1:8000 nor 0.0.0.0:8000

[Arash Hatami]

why yo want to change IP address of django server ? just run the normal command python manage.py runserver @RichardOctovianus

[Vaibhav Jain]

Use runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 to make it listen on all interfaces from Django official documentation code.djangoproject.com/ticket/396

[Richard Octovianus]

even with just "python manage.py runserver" i cannot access through localhost:8000 in my browser. that's why i use 0.0.0.0:8000 to be able accessed from my lan ip

[Richard Octovianus]

seems nothing to do with hosts file, I tried it before

[Vaibhav Jain]

Well in my Case it did.