Django Base Project Template

License: MIT

Includes

• Cookiecutter Django
• Tailwind CSS (via django-tailwind)) + Preline CSS
• Configured to deploy on Fly.io (Postgres, Redis, Celery workers, Tigris S3 storage)

Modifications

• Updated local Django Dockerfile to install Nodejs and NPM (needed for Tailwind CSS + Preline CSS)
• Added management command to copy updated preline.js file to project static dir
• Modified production settings config to deploy to Fly.io

Run locally in Docker

export COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.local.yml
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d

Run Tailwind watcher

docker-compose run --rm django python manage.py tailwind start

Deploy to Fly.io

Build production files

docker-compose run --rm django python manage.py tailwind build

Copy updated preline.js to static dir

docker-compose run --rm django python manage.py copy_preline_js

Launch wizard

fly launch

- YES to copy config to new app
- NO to overwriting Dockerfile
- YES to modifying configuration, click to open setting page, select Postgres, Redis, Tigris

Export secrets to fly

cat .envs/.production/.django | fly secrets import

First Deploy

fly deploy

Remote console access

fly ssh console

More info

https://sweezy.dev/deploying-cookiecutter-django-on-flyio.html