Merge pull request #6 from andela/ch-deploy-base-heroku-164046242

#164046242 Initial Deployment of  Legion-backend to Heroku

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 *.swp
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+
+.DS_Store
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class

Procfile

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+release: python manage.py makemigrations --settings=authors.settings.prod
+release: python manage.py migrate --settings=authors.settings.prod
+
+web: gunicorn authors.wsgi

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,41 @@ Authors Haven - A Social platform for the creative at heart.
 Create a community of like minded authors to foster inspiration and innovation
 by leveraging the modern web.
 
----
+## Running the app.
+Authors Haven app can be run by:
+### STEP 1:
+    Git clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/andela/ah-legion-backend.git`
+
+### STEP 2: 
+    Change your working directory to the app's root. `cd ah-legion-backend`
+
+### STEP 3:
+    Create a virtual environment and activate it.
+    Install all the requirements by running `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+    Create an environment file with environment variables in the following format:
+
+      SECRET_KEY=supersecretkey
+      DEBUG=True
+      DB_NAME=yourdbname
+      DB_USER=yourname
+      DB_PASSWORD=yourstrongpassword
+      DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+
+### STEP 4:
+    Run the app according to the environment you need:
+
+   #### Development environment:
+    `python manage.py runserver --settings=authors.settings.dev`
+
+   #### Testing environment:
+    `python manage.py test --settings=authors.settings.test`
+
+   #### Production environment:
+     The run the app on a production environment:
+     Use Postman to acccess the app by using this url as your domain:
+     `https://ah-legion.herokuapp.com`
+
+     Input appropriate endpoint urls, enjoy.
 
 ## API Spec
 The preferred JSON object to be returned by the API should be structured as follows:
@@ -393,7 +427,3 @@ No additional parameters required
 ### Get Tags
 
 `GET /api/tags`
-
-
-
-

authors/settings/base.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = '7pgozr2jn7zs_o%i8id6=rddie!*0f0qy3$oy$(8231i^4*@u3'
+SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY', default = '#dfhewy73twy3e88Y@Y828Y@91')
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',

authors/settings/prod.py

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = False
 
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS')
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': dj_database_url.config(

authors/wsgi.py

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "authors.settings")
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "authors.settings.prod")
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()

requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Django==2.1.7
 django-cors-middleware==1.3.1
 django-extensions==2.1.6
 djangorestframework==3.9.1
+gunicorn==19.9.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.7
 PyJWT==1.4.2
 python-decouple==3.1
-coverage==4.5.2
+whitenoise==4.1.2

runtime.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-3.7.2