Deploying Django Apps: Make Your Site Go Live

Learn how to deploy a Django application to the cloud using Digital Ocean, AWS, Heroku, or Azure. Walk through the deployment steps using each solution.

Deploying a Django app to production doesn't have to be challenging. By learning how to leverage a cloud-based solution like Digital Ocean, AWS, Heroku, or Azure, you can cover your deployment needs, from small to large. Join Nick Walter as he demonstrates the steps involved to make a Django site go live. This course shows how to work with PostgreSQL, NGINX, S3, and more, so you can gain the skills necessary to transfer code to a host, manage files, create a web address, set up a database, test a site, and deploy a Django application.

Introduction

• Making your site go live
• What you should know
• Choosing the right deployment for you

1. Digital Ocean

• Digital Ocean account
• Creating a droplet
• Securing your server
• Postgres setup
• Transferring code to the server
• Configuring settings files
• Testing deployment
• Gunicorn testing
• NGINX setup
• Connecting your URL

2. AWS

• AWS account
• Deploying to AWS
• Testing your site
• Database connection and setup
• Migrate
• S3 storage setup
• Static and media files
• Custom URL

3. Heroku

• Heroku account
• Deploying on Heroku
• Database on Heroku
• Static and media files
• Custom URL

4. Azure

• Azure account
• Database setup
• Transferring code to the server
• Configuring settings files
• Testing deployment
• Gunicorn testing
• NGINX setup
• Connecting your URL

Conclusion

• Next steps