Django + React boilerplate

This is the basic setup for a new django project.

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Where to start ?

Installing the development environment :

Server :

Before anything else :

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev python-dev python-mysqldb

Install the cache handler :

sudo apt-get install memcached

Setup the virtualenv :

virtualenv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

If you don't have virtualenv or pip :

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install virtualenv

If you want to use celery :

sudo apt-get install redis-server

Front :

Before anything else :

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
sudo npm install -g yarn

Installing front dependencies :

cd front && yarn install && cd ..

Running the server :

source .venv/bin/activate
python manage.py runserver

Running celery :

source .venv/bin/activate
celery --app=main.celery:app worker --loglevel=INFO -B

Running the front :

source .venv/bin/activate
python manage.py runfront

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Setting up the production environment

Before anything else :

In the following commands, replace {{name}} by the name you want for your site.

You can also run python manage.py configuredeployment which will configure all the files for you and change these commands accordingly.

Generating certificate for https :

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout nginx/ssl/{{name}}.key -out nginx/ssl/{{name}}.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in nginx/ssl/{{name}}.csr -signkey nginx/ssl/{{name}}.key -out nginx/ssl/{{name}}.crt

Installing docker :

sudo sh -c "wget -qO- https://get.docker.io/gpg | apt-key add -"
sudo sh -c "echo deb http://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list"
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install lxc-docker
sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker
sudo service docker restart
newgrp docker

Creating and running our stack :

docker-compose up -d
# Alternatively, you can use the DEBUG environment variable to launch in prod or in dev
DEBUG=True docker-compose up -d

Checking if the stack is running :

docker-compose ps

Get shell access to a container :

docker-compose exec api bash

Display the logs from the stack :

docker-compose logs -f

Stopping and Destroying the stack :

docker-compose down

Stopping the stack :

docker-compose stop

Starting the stack :

docker-compose start