def create():
    """
    Creates the environment needed to host the project.
    The environment consists of: system locales, virtualenv, database, project
    files, SSL certificate, and project-specific Python requirements.
    """
    # Generate project locale
    locale = env.locale.replace("UTF-8", "utf8")
    with hide("stdout"):
        if locale not in run("locale -a"):
            sudo("locale-gen %s" % env.locale)
            sudo("update-locale %s" % env.locale)
            sudo("service postgresql restart")
            run("exit")

    # Create project path
    run("mkdir -p %s" % env.proj_path)

    # Set up virtual env
    run("mkdir -p %s" % env.venv_home)
    with cd(env.venv_home):
        if exists(env.proj_name):
            if confirm("Virtualenv already exists in host server: %s"
                       "\nWould you like to replace it?" % env.proj_name):
                run("rm -rf %s" % env.proj_name)
            else:
                abort()
        run("virtualenv %s" % env.proj_name)

    # Upload project files
    if env.deploy_tool in env.vcs_tools:
        vcs_upload()
    else:
        rsync_upload()

    # Create DB and DB user
    pw = db_pass()
    user_sql_args = (env.proj_name, pw.replace("'", "\'"))
    user_sql = "CREATE USER %s WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '%s';" % user_sql_args
    psql(user_sql, show=False)
    shadowed = "*" * len(pw)
    print_command(user_sql.replace("'%s'" % pw, "'%s'" % shadowed))
    psql("CREATE DATABASE %s WITH OWNER %s ENCODING = 'UTF8' "
         "LC_CTYPE = '%s' LC_COLLATE = '%s' TEMPLATE template0;" %
         (env.proj_name, env.proj_name, env.locale, env.locale))

    # Set up SSL certificate
    if not env.ssl_disabled:
        conf_path = "/etc/nginx/conf"
        if not exists(conf_path):
            sudo("mkdir %s" % conf_path)
        with cd(conf_path):
            crt_file = env.proj_name + ".crt"
            key_file = env.proj_name + ".key"
            if not exists(crt_file) and not exists(key_file):
                try:
                    crt_local, = glob(join("deploy", "*.crt"))
                    key_local, = glob(join("deploy", "*.key"))
                except ValueError:
                    parts = (crt_file, key_file, env.domains[0])
                    sudo("openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out %s -keyout %s "
                         "-subj '/CN=%s' -days 3650" % parts)
                else:
                    upload_template(crt_local, crt_file, use_sudo=True)
                    upload_template(key_local, key_file, use_sudo=True)

    # Install project-specific requirements
    upload_template_and_reload("settings")
    with project():
        if env.reqs_path:
            pip("-r %s/%s" % (env.proj_path, env.reqs_path))
        pip("gunicorn setproctitle psycopg2 "
            "django-compressor python-memcached")
    # Bootstrap the DB
        manage("createdb --noinput --nodata")
        python("from django.conf import settings;"
               "from django.contrib.sites.models import Site;"
               "Site.objects.filter(id=settings.SITE_ID).update(domain='%s');"
               % env.domains[0])
        for domain in env.domains:
            python("from django.contrib.sites.models import Site;"
                   "Site.objects.get_or_create(domain='%s');" % domain)
        if env.admin_pass:
            pw = env.admin_pass
            user_py = ("from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model;"
                       "User = get_user_model();"
                       "u, _ = User.objects.get_or_create(username='admin');"
                       "u.is_staff = u.is_superuser = True;"
                       "u.set_password('%s');"
                       "u.save();" % pw)
            python(user_py, show=False)
            shadowed = "*" * len(pw)
            print_command(user_py.replace("'%s'" % pw, "'%s'" % shadowed))

    return True
Creates the environment needed to host the project.
    The environment consists of: system locales, virtualenv, database, project
    files, SSL certificate, and project-specific Python requirements.