Django-generic APP on Docker

Deploy simple django base app with docker.

Prerequisites

• Docker, is a tool designed to make it easier to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers.
• Django, a high-level Python Web framework.
• VirtualEnv a tool to create isolated Python environments, to have Django commands available.

Repository structure

• The folder django-docker-generic contains two very important files, a Dockerfile to run docker-command build and the .dockerignore file that contains a ignore regex patern to deploy django project on Docker securely.

TL;DR;

Download the files Dockerfile and .dockerignore; Run the build of the image with the Docker commands, inside of you django-proyect folder. Here are some examples:

# my-django-project-folder/ #: docker build --build-arg PROJECT_NAME=my-django-project-folder -t my-image-name .

# my-django-project-folder/ #: docker run --rm -it -p 80:8000 -e PROJECT_NAME=my-django-project-folder my-image-name:latest

Then access from you web-browser to 0.0.0.0:80

Changelog

0.2

• Modified the Dockerfile.
• • Add build argument to plan projet folder structure on build.
• • Change order from commands to optimize builds after adding argument.
• Modified the .dockerignore.
• • Adjust ignore files and folder.

0.1

• Added simple Dockerfile.
• Added simple .dockerignore.

Remarks

Enviroment Variables Availables

• PROJECT_NAME: name of the Django-proyect to load project settings (mandatory).
• HOST: net address to bind Gunicorn to serve the app (def 0.0.0.0).
• PORT: network port to bind Gunicorn to serve the app (def 80).
• WORKERS: Gunicorn procesess for better performance(def 3).
• USER: django user to login (def admin).
• PSWD: django pass to login (def admin).

Python Essential tools used:

• Gunicorn: Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.
• Whitenoise: Radically simplified static file serving for Python web apps.

Please let me know if it works.