Overview

This is a demo Django app with postgres database connection designed to be easily deployed to cloud.gov

Local setup

Set up virtualenv, install requirements

pyenv virtualenv 3.11 django-demo
pyenv activate django-demo
pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up postgres

brew install postgresql@15

https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql@15 ...or use your installation method of choice

Set env var

export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://:@/postgres

Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

Make a super user locally

python manage.py createsuperuser

Run the site

gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 mysite.wsgi -w 9 -t 200

Test app locally

http://0.0.0.0:8080/simpleapp

Test logging in with superuser

http://0.0.0.0:8080/admin go to http://0.0.0.0:8080/simpleapp

cloud.gov

Create database service (if it's not already there)

cf create-service aws-rds small-psql-redundant django-demo-rds

Deploy to cloud.gov

cf login --sso

target fec-fecfile, dev space

cf push -f manifest-dev.yml

Test on cloud.gov

https://django-demo.app.cloud.gov/simpleapp

Create super user

cf ssh django-demo
/tmp/lifecycle/shell
./manage.py createsuperuser

Log in, test database connection

https://django-demo.app.cloud.gov/admin go to https://django-demo.app.cloud.gov/simpleapp

Log in, test database connection

cf connect-to-service --no-client django-demo django-demo-rds

in a new tab:

pgcli --dbname <> --host <> --port <> --username <>