Backend REST API for my petcare management web app, petPal. Built with Django, originally part of devCodeCamp Capstone Project.
Create a virtual environment and install dependencies
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
After cloning repo, use pipenv to create a virtual environment and install dependencies
cp .env.template .env
source .env
Run migrations if necessary, and run the app
(venv) python manage.py migrate
(venv) python manage.py runserver
Running locally the Docker way is preferred because it is closer to how the application behaves in a production environment. The docker compose dev environment has 3 containers:
nginx: Reverse proxy and static file server for Django web appapi: The Django web applicationdb: A MySql instance that the web app connects to.
Setup Commands
docker compose build
docker compose up -d
docker compose exec api python manage.py migrate
SSH into the server running this API (after running activate-ec2 script) and run:
sudo certbot --nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx