django-nginx-gunicorn
This project is for deploying a production-ready Django project using Nginx and Gunicorn.
Running a local server of Django is not a recommended way in production because it is only a development environment with
lots of limitations, but not a production server. Therefore, in order to run Django efficiently in a production
environment we need a web server and a reverse proxy. In this regard, Gunicorn and Nginx are
highly recommended for deployment.
Gunicorn: The Gunicorn “Green Unicorn” is a Python Web Server Gateway Interface HTTP server. The Gunicorn server is
broadly compatible with a number of web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resources and fairly fast.
Nginx: Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
All materials of this project are dockerized in a single container for a simpler deployment.
How to Build
docker build -t helloworld_django .
How to Run
docker run –name helloworld_django -p 80:80 helloworld_django
After running the container, A simple Django project will be run using Nginx and Gunicorn that shows a “Hello World”
statement on the following address:
