Dockerizing Django Polling Application

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I recently tried dockerizing a Django project and wanted to share some of the challenges I faced along the way. If you’re starting out with Docker and Django, maybe this will help you feel less alone!

1. Not knowing the Django commands

One of the problem I faced was not knowing which django commands are to be placed inside the docker container. Even though I have experience of creating small Django application but to know what to put inside a container was a bit of new challenge and experience.

2. No idea about Gunicorn and wsgi

While following a certain Dockerfile I came across the command CMD ["gunicorn", "portfolio.wsgi:application", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000"] which was new to me so I had to read and figure out about it I and got to know that it is a production grade server.

3. Application Unaccessible

Due to always practicing django on local server I had no Idea that you have to Allow the host to access application. Which is a simple task you just have to update the Allowed_host field present in the django projects settings.py .

Honestly, I spent more time figuring out Docker than actually coding my app at first3. There’s a learning curve, but it gets easier with practice!