/django-project-template

Django project template with docker and docker-compose included for easy development.

Primary LanguageDockerfile

django-project-template

Django project template with docker and docker-compose included for easy development. This repo is inspried by london app developer blog.

I. Commands to run

  1. Build the docker image:

    docker-compose build

  2. Create new django project from the docker image:

    docker-compose run --rm app sh -c "django-admin startproject django_project ."

    Creates an django project named django_project inside docker image

  3. Create new django app from the docker image:

    docker-compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py startapp django_app"

    Creates an django app named django_app inside docker image

  4. add migrations after defining the models:

    docker-compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py makemigrations"

II. Add Changes to project settings.py and urls.py

  1. Do the following changes to settings.py

    import os
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
DEBUG = bool(int(os.environ.get('DEBUG', 0)))

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
ALLOWED_HOSTS.extend(
    filter(
        None,
        os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS', '').split(','),
    )
)

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'HOST': os.environ.get('DB_HOST'),
        'NAME': os.environ.get('DB_NAME'),
        'USER': os.environ.get('DB_USER'),
        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('DB_PASS'),
    }
}
STATIC_URL = '/static/static/'
MEDIA_URL = '/static/media/'

MEDIA_ROOT = '/vol/web/media'
STATIC_ROOT = '/vol/web/static'

  2. Add the following code to urls.py

    from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.conf import settings

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += static(
        settings.MEDIA_URL,
        document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT,
    )

III. Adding proxy to the project

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