Containerize Django Backend Server with Docker - Full stack Development Tutorial

In this video, I will show you how to containerize a Django project using Docker, a popular containerization tool.
By containerizing your Django project, you can create a self-contained environment that includes all the dependencies your application needs to run, making it easy to deploy your app on any server. We'll walk you through the process step-by-step, from creating a Dockerfile to building and running your Docker container. We'll also cover some best practices for containerizing Django applications, such as how to manage static files and environment variables. By the end of this video, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Docker to containerize your Django projects, which can save you time and effort in the long run.
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[@thekaliexpert]

Clear for me, thanks man for your quality videos

[@BekBrace]

Thanks

[@peaceangell]

❤ nice tutorials man, great tips. Thank you🎉

[@BekBrace]

Thank you very much :)

[@wesleysandifer6157]

Thank you. You cleared up most of my confusion. I think it would help me if you add a tiny bit more detail to the details cause I'm very new to this aspect of database. I'm learning to build this project I have in mind from a django book and got roadblocked when it just breezes right over to migrating everything to a different database like we know how to do that. So I took time off to learn postgresql and how to use that but still couldn't connect the dots. I'm still having trouble but at least now I got a much better perspective on that. Perhaps you should make a video on a ongoing project on how to migrate everything to the new database. Right now , that's where i'm at. I got about 10 html pages and things in the local database and static pages with css and javascripts and so on. I try migrating after setting up an image but it cant find the project where the settings is. I'll be shocked if this guy answers me but if anyone reading this and know what video is good for that, please let me know

[@BekBrace]

First , thanks for your comment. Second, I like your persistence in learning and developing, this is a champion's character. About database migration, I was thinking of making a video about the concept of migration in general, but this way I can show it in practice and eventually it's going to answer your question. Cheers

[@wesleysandifer6157]

@@BekBrace The book is using postgresql and docker. I'm using windows10. People who do videos using liux don't translate very well for windows user. I'm guessing the new docker doesn't have a cli to install. I been using the VSCode terminal which seems to work. Thanks for responding. Some insight of what us armatures are going through helps with the details..

[@BekBrace]

@@wesleysandifer6157 Ask me a concrete question and I'll do my best answering. Remember: you're an amateur today but you might be a pro tomorrow.

[@Çalhanoğluuuu]

Thank you for this as i was thinking about learning devops.

[@BekBrace]

Go for it

[@shaysframe1472]

How do you handle the warning for the import statements?

[@CodeWithOgochukwu]

Thnank you

[@BekBrace]

@@CodeWithOgochukwu You're welcome 🤗

[@pranavingale6850]

I know silly question! But i want to know, steps to upload your Dockerized diango project on github! Is it same as uploading a non-dockerized simple django project or are there some extra steps?

[@BekBrace]

It's not a silly question at all! The process of uploading a Dockerized Django project to GitHub is quite similar to uploading a non-Dockerized Django project, but there are a few additional steps related to Docker that you need to consider. Here are the steps: 1- Initialize a Git repository: 2- Create a .gitignore file to specify files and directories that should be ignored by Git. Include entries for common files and directories generated by Django and Python, as well as Docker-related files. Here is a basic example: *.pyc __pycache__ db.sqlite3 docker-compose.yml .env .vscode/ .idea/ 3- Commit your code: 4- Create a GitHub repository: 5- git remote add origin 6- git push -u origin master 7- Create a Dockerfile and a docker-compose.yml file to define your Dockerized environment. Make sure to include instructions for setting up your Django project within the Docker container. 8- git add Dockerfile docker-compose.yml git commit -m "Add Docker configuration" git push origin master 9- Create a .dockerignore file to exclude unnecessary files from being copied into the Docker image. This is similar to .gitignore but specifically for Docker. For example: __pycache__ *.pyc *.pyo *.pyd *.db .vscode/ .git/ Hope this will be able to help you out :)

[@pranavingale6850]

@@BekBrace dude you copy pasted chat gpt response 😂

[@smiddy19801]

Can you make a video on how to make this one prod? with Apache WSGI and SSL ?

[@BekBrace]

Yes maybe i will

[@inteliconn995]

Thanks!

[@BekBrace]

Sure

[@pavanshashidhar9559]

I get the following error when I run 'docker-compose up' django.db.utils.OperationalError: could not translate host name "db" to address: Name or service not known