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Dockerize Django Project

Start a Django Project

django-admin startproject myproject
cd myproject

myproject/
├── manage.py
└── myproject/
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── asgi.py
    ├── settings.py
    ├── urls.py
    └── wsgi.py

Add a requirements.txt

create a file called requirements.txt

Django>=4.0,<5.0

generate a full list of dependencies from your local virtual environment

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Create a Dockerfile

create a file called Dockerfile

# Use the official Python image
FROM python:3.10-slim

# Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

# Set the working directory in the container
WORKDIR /app

# Install dependencies
COPY requirements.txt /app/
RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r requirements.txt

# Copy the rest of the code
COPY . /app/

Test & run locally with docker-compose

Create docker-compose.yml

version: '3.9'

services:
  web:
    build: .
    command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"

docker-compose up --build

Reference

  • https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-dockerize-your-django-project/
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