microblog-backend

This is the backend API for our demo microblog (knockoff twitter) application.

It is written in Python using the Django framework.

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How to run it

Install requirements

• Python3
• pipenv - Install with pip install pipenv

Install dependencies with pipenv install

Run a local server

python manage.py runserver

Perform database migration

python manage.py migrate

Run production server

gunicorn config.wsgi -b 0.0.0.0:8000

Creating an admin user

python manage.py createsuperuser Then follow the prompt

Accessing the admin panel

Access http://{your_host}:8000/admin

User your superuser account to login

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Necessary configuration

Environment variable	Options/Type	Default	Description
DEBUG	True/False	True	Enables or disables Django debug mode
DB_NAME	String	postgres	Database name
DB_USER	String	postgres	Database user's name
DB_PASS	String	postgres	Database user's password
DB_PORT	String	postgres	Database port number

Deploying with Helm

In order to deploy this application with Helm you'll need to update a few fields either with a custom values.yaml file or passed in on the cli.

Example deploy

You'll need to update all of these fields with your own values.

helm upgrade --install microblog-backend ./chart \
  --set hostname=backend.example.com \
  --set image.repository=gcr.io/my_registry/backend \
  --set image.tag=asd9f8