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diff --git a/docs/django-admin.txt b/docs/django-admin.txt index cdd31a2c48..68fcad24fe 100644 --- a/docs/django-admin.txt +++ b/docs/django-admin.txt @@ -627,14 +627,34 @@ This is useful in a number of ways: in any way, knowing that whatever data changes you're making are only being made to a test database. -Note that this server can only run on the default port on localhost; it does -not yet accept a ``host`` or ``port`` parameter. - -Also note that it does *not* automatically detect changes to your Python source -code (as ``runserver`` does). It does, however, detect changes to templates. +Note that this server does *not* automatically detect changes to your Python +source code (as ``runserver`` does). It does, however, detect changes to +templates. .. _unit tests: ../testing/ +--addrport [port number or ipaddr:port] +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Use ``--addrport`` to specify a different port, or IP address and port, from +the default of 127.0.0.1:8000. This value follows exactly the same format and +serves exactly the same function as the argument to the ``runserver`` subcommand. + +Examples: + +To run the test server on port 7000 with ``fixture1`` and ``fixture2``:: + + django-admin.py testserver --addrport 7000 fixture1 fixture2 + django-admin.py testserver fixture1 fixture2 --addrport 8080 + +(The above statements are equivalent. We include both of them to demonstrate +that it doesn't matter whether the options come before or after the +``testserver`` command.) + +To run on 1.2.3.4:7000 with a `test` fixture:: + + django-admin.py testserver --addrport 1.2.3.4:7000 test + --verbosity ~~~~~~~~~~~ |