Messages
Messages is a small messaging application.
Installation using Docker
docker-compose build
docker-compose up
Deployment
docker-compose -f docker-compose-deploy.yml up -d
The project was deployed on a t2.micro ec2 instance. (AWS)
Installation without Docker
Create a virtual environment
virtualenv venv -p python3
Activate the virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate
Install requirements
pip install -r requirements
Apply migrations
python3 manage.py migrate
Start a Redis server (required by Django channels)
docker run -p 6379:6379 -d redis
PostgreSQL is needed to run the project