Simple Django Production Template

This is a very straightforward Django project template, based on this Article by Vitor Freitas.

The purpose of this project was to create a minimal Django template that can work with docker-compose on any machine with zero configuration.

Installation

To use it, first install the cookiecutter command-line tool, and create a new project on your machine with:

cookiecutter https://github.com/henriquelalves/django-production-template

It'll properly setup the project with the name of your choosing.

To run locally, you'll have to install all Python packages:

pip install -r djangoapp/requirements.txt

And do the initial migrations:

./manage.py migrate

./manage.py runserver

The project is configured to run locally with Django's SQLite.

docker-compose up

This will create 3 containers:

NGINX: A NGINX container running on ports 80 and 443 as a Reverse-proxy for the Django application. Its configuration files are in the config/nginx folder, and it's already running with the self-signed certificates in certs. You should change the certificates before publishing the app, or else connections will NOT be secured.
DJANGO: The Django container running the application with Gunicorn. It's environment variables should be on a config/djangoapp.env file.
POSTGRES: A Postgres container that the Django Application will connect with when running on Production. It's environment variables should be on a config/database.env file.