Design a Python Django web application that allows users to register, log in, and manage a personal collection of books. Users should be able to add books with title, author, and publication date, as well as edit or delete existing books. Implement a search functionality to find books by title or author. Use MySQL for database storage and deploy the application on a cloud provider like AWS or GCP.
To create a Django web application with the mentioned features, follow these steps:

1. Install Python, Django, and MySQL connector
Make sure you have Python installed on your system. Then, install Django and the MySQL connector using pip:
```
pip install django mysqlclient
```

2. Create a new Django project
Create a new Django project by running the following command:
```
django-admin startproject book_collection
```

3. Configure the database settings
Edit the `book_collection/settings.py` file to configure the MySQL database. Replace the DATABASES section with the following code:
```python
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'book_collection_db',
        'USER': '<your_mysql_username>',
        'PASSWORD': '<your_mysql_password>',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '3306',
    }
}
```

4. Create a new Django app
Inside the project folder, create a new Django app called "books":
```
cd book_collection
python manage.py startapp books
```

5. Define the Book model
In the `books/models.py` file, define the Book model as follows:
```python
from django.db import models

class Book(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    author = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    publication_date = models.DateField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title
```

6. Register the Book model in admin
Register the Book model in the `books/admin.py` file:
```python
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import Book

admin.site.register(Book)
```

7. Apply migrations
Run the following commands to apply the migrations and create the necessary tables in the database:
```
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
```

8. Create a superuser
Create a superuser to access the admin panel:
```
python manage.py createsuperuser
```

9. Implement user registration and login
Follow this tutorial to implement user registration, login, and logout functionality: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2017/02/18/how-to-create-user-sign-up-view.html

10. Implement book management views
In the `books/views.py` file, create views for adding, editing, deleting, and searching books. You can follow this tutorial as a reference: https://djangocentral.com/building-a-blog-application-with-django/

11. Deploy the application on AWS or GCP
To deploy your Django web application on a cloud provider like AWS or GCP, you can follow these tutorials:

- For AWS Elastic Beanstalk: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create-deploy-python-django.html
- For Google Cloud Platform App Engine: https://cloud.google.com/python/django/appengine

After completing these steps, you will have a fully functional Django web application that allows users to register, log in, and manage their personal collection of books with search functionality.