Backend Template For Django

This application uses micro-services architecture. Here is the list of different services we use in dev environment:

• Django - This serves the API.
• PostgreSQL - The DB service.

For production, we have the following services:

• Nginx - This is used as reverse proxy.
• Gunicorn/Django - This is the application server. It runs the Python Django application.
• PostgreSQL - The DB service.

Installation

The easiest way to start development is through Docker setup. If you have Docker, run the following command to setup everything:

docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d

You can access the application at http://localhost:8000/

Production Deployment

Production deployment is also done using Docker. All the files associated with prod deployment are present in prod folder. To start prod build, do:

cd prod
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d