Deploying Django to Digital Ocean
Published on September 17, 2024 | Last updated on September 17, 2024
Although not strictly part of the Personal Microservices Infrastructure Project series, this blog post will discuss building and deploying a basic Django application.
Secrets:
- Postgres
- Django admin
- Django token
- SSH Keys
- Ansible Vault Password
Ansible
2 Docker Images
- Nginx
- Django
Questions:
Should .env file be backed into container? No
- Can be loaded by compose.yaml
- Possibly store in ansible vault, then copied to production box
What server deploys to production Probably a DroneCI runner. It will need an SSH deploy key to prod DO box.
Digital Ocean Load Balancer DO Box, with docker compose situation. This has nginx, postgres, celery etc.
Should I pay DO for a managed database? Probably
What does local development look like?
There will be a a few environments:
- Fully local with sqlite
- Local in compose (possibly should add a DNS situation and run through gateway)
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