Automating install, start, test and shutdown of django web application?

[morty]

I have a django web application and would like to run headless tests using:

https://github.com/dobarkod/django-casper

I am trying to implement an automatic/CI workflow like the one below:

1) clone latest version of my django web application

2) Install Django (e.g. in a python virtual environment)

3) Start django web server hosting my django web app

4) Run casper headless tests

5) Generate test report

6) Shutdown/remove django webserver/web application.

What are the recommended workflow for the above; automatically install, start, test and shutdown a django web application/web server?

I would like to avoid apache configuration if possible. 

For now I use the below script that covers bullet 1-2 above in a jenkins job:

  #!/bin/bash

  STAGING_DIR="staging"
  rm -Rf $STAGING_DIR
  mkdir $STAGING_DIR
  cd $STAGING_DIR

  git clone [git-url] .
  virtualenv --no-site-packages virtual_django
  source virtual_django/bin/activate
  pip install django

  #Hangs :-(
  python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

  # ToDo: Run casperjs tests

  # ToDo: Generate test report

  # ToDo: Shutdown/remove django web server/web application

But it just hangs when it get to:

 python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

it works fine from a plain bash terminal though.

I assume that others have automated the above workflow so could be great with some suggestions for this.