How to upgrade Django 1.6 to Django 1.7

• Update django package:

  pip install -U Django
  

• Remove 'south' from INSTALLED_APPS.
• Delete all your (numbered) migration files, but not the directory or init.py - make sure you remove the .pyc files too.
• Run python manage.py makemigrations. Django should see the empty migration directories and make new initial migrations in the new format.
• Run python manage.py migrate. Django will see that the tables for the initial migrations already exist and mark them as applied without running them. (Only matching table names are checked; not their full schema
• it’s up to you to make sure the existing schema is up to date with your models!)

• Uninstall south package:

  pip uninstall south
  

• Update requirements.txt file:

  pip freeze > requirements.txt
  

Webfaction

I'm using a great Python hosting - Webfaction. So here is short notes how to upgrade existing deployed application to Django 1.7.

• Create new application with Django 1.7
• Copy project folder from old Django 1.6 application to new Django 1.7 application.
• Modify httpd.conf accordingly with new folder structure.
• Stop existing existing application with django 1.6.

• Restart new django 1.7 application:

  ~/webapps/django_17/apache2/bin/restart
  

• Remove django 1.6 from Websites-> yourdomain.com -> Contents.
• Add new django 1.7 app to Websites-> yourdomain.com -> Contents.

Done. Check how it works.

PS: And don't forgot to update fabric deployment file accordingly.