django-heroku

Minimal configuration to host a Django project at Heroku

Create the project directory

• mkdir directory_name
• cd directory_name

Create and activate your virtuanenv

• virtualenv -p python3 .vEnv
• . .vEnv/bin/activate

Installing django

• pip install django

Create the django project

• django-admin startproject myproject

Creating the Git repository

• git init
• Create a file called .gitignore with the following content:

# See the name for you IDE
.idea
# If you are using sqlite3
*.sqlite3
# Name of your virtuan env
.vEnv
*pyc

• git add .
• git commit -m 'First commit'

Hidding instance configuration

• pip install python-decouple
• create an .env file at the root path and insert the following variables

• SECRET_KEY=Your$eCretKeyHere (Get this secrety key from the settings.py)
• DEBUG=True

Settings.py

• from decouple import config
• SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
• DEBUG = config('DEBUG', default=False, cast=bool)

Configuring the Data Base

• pip install dj-database-url

Settings.py

• from dj_database_url import parse as dburl

default_dburl = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')

DATABASES = { 'default': config('DATABASE_URL', default=default_dburl, cast=dburl), }

Static files

pip install dj-static

wsgi

• from dj_static import Cling
• application = Cling(get_wsgi_application())

Settings.py

• STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')

Create a requirements-dev.txt

pip freeze > requirements-dev.txt

Create a file requirements.txt file and include reference to previows file and add two more requirements

• -r requirements-dev.txt
• gunicorn
• psycopg2

Create a file Procfile and add the following code

• web: gunicorn website.wsgi --log-file -

Create a file runtime.txt and add the following core

• python-3.6.0

Creating the app at Heroku

You should install heroku CLI tools in your computer previously ( See http://bit.ly/2jCgJYW )

• heroku apps:create app-name Remember to grab the address of the app in this point

Setting the allowed hosts

• include your address at the ALLOWED_HOSTS directives in settings.py - Just the domain, make sure that you will take the protocol and slashes from the string

Heroku install config plugin

• heroku plugins:install heroku-config

Sending configs from .env to Heroku ( You have to be inside tha folther where .env files is)

• heroku plugins:install heroku-config
• heroku config:push -a

To show heroku configs do

• heroku config

Publishing the app

• git add .
• git commit -m 'Configuring the app'
• git push heroku master --force

Creating the data base

• heroku run python3 manage.py migrate

Creating the Django admin user

• heroku run python3 manage.py createsuperuser

EXTRAS

You may need to disable the collectstatic

• heroku config:set DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1

Changing a specific configuration

• heroku config:set DEBUG=True