Dockerizing Django

From good old hosts to containers

I plan on writing more about automation for web applications, but as I just finished with my first attempt at dockerizing a Django stack, I wanted to share my progress.

Most of Zinibu is currently running off Amazon Web Services with a few EC2 instances and I manage most of the configuration and deployment with SaltStack, which I enjoy using, but I intend to switch to a container-based setup with Docker to bring my local development environment closer to what’s on production.

I’ll be happy to answer any of your questions.

Published in django, open source and software December 25, 2016

The Era of Automation and the Lone Orchestrator Has Begun

Let me tell you how I did this website thing in the old days—that’s the mid-1990s, kids.

I cooked a bunch of HTML files, with plenty of hard-coded URLs sprinkled in, and seasoned the mix with a bloated style sheet; launched an FTP client, preferably one with buttons to click on; and then uploaded my beautiful goop to a directory on a web server—that was all I needed and could afford.

Then the web hosting company performed some black magic rituals and the universe—OK, just me—marveled at my creation.

You can still play that game, that is, if your name is Timmy and the website belongs to your cat, Lassie, but if you intend to run a website where other adults do, you know, important stuff, as loyal Tank would say: “Timmy, that is loco.”
Amazon Web Services Documentation on Your Kindle

This may have been there for a while but I just noticed it today while looking up a few details about EBS volumes and snapshots: Amazon Web Services now offers Kindle and PDF versions of its documentation.

Dockerizing Django

From good old hosts to containers

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