Deploy a Django web app on Amazon EC2 

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Hi, My pleasure! Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, I have nothing like that for now, but thank you for your suggestion. I could possibly look into that in the future, if I'm able.

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Hi, Thank you for your suggestion.

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My pleasure. Sure thing. AWS Elastic Beanstalk simplifies application deployment by automatically handling the provisioning, scaling, and management of underlying infrastructure, whereas EC2 requires manual setup and configuration of virtual servers, making Elastic Beanstalk preferable for streamlined deployment of web applications with less administrative overhead.

@@CloudWithDjango ok, thank you. Is there any video for this on your channel?

No problem. I do offer AWS Elastic Beanstalk content but only as a Udemy course and not on RU-vid.

That's great to hear! I'm glad!

@@CloudWithDjangosir can we register domain in free in AWS and deploy online

@@khgowda9996 Hi, Sorry, the domain will cost money but the SSL certificate will be free

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Hi, Thank you for reaching out. It's a pleasure! I'm glad that the tutorial was of use to you. There are many ways to deploy a Django app on EC2. This is just one simple way. For your use case, you need to setup an ec2 instance and deploy your Django app on it with apache/nginx and gunicorn. There should be plenty of articles online that should assist you with the above. Good luck!

Hi, thank you for your kind words. Please refer to the pinned comment. Additional information is provided on static files. Good luck!

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Hi, You would need to navigate to the main directory and delete it by issuing linux based commands (I'd recommend researching that part)

Hi, It's Arno haha. But, it's a pleasure! :)

Hi, Thank you. I'm glad that it was useful to you. I would recommend making use of AWS RDS (postgres). I have a video available on how to do this - under my Django 4.0 playlist. Hope that helps. Good luck!

@@CloudWithDjango I watched the video, but I have already installed and configurated PostgreSQL and everything is working fine locally, but when I upload it to AWS as Ubuntu EC2 instance, I can not make the migrations... An error is raised - "Is the server running on host "xxx" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?" Any advices how to solve the problem? Should I install postgre on my ubuntu instance or something else?

Hi, This is most likely because you need to allow access to port 5432 from all IPV4 and IPV6 addresses. In your inbound rules.

@@CloudWithDjango Hello, The rules should be like that - res.cloudinary.com/hhmf7fxle/image/upload/v1674310453/aws_nzmr8j.png, right? But still get the same error...

@@teodor9056 Hi, The security groups are configured correctly. You probably need to configure your migrations before or during deployment from RDS

My pleasure! :) Yes, it is possible to setup a virtual environment on ECS, and It won't be possible to run more than one project on a single instance, since the ip address needs to map to a website based on that project. Thank you for the suggestions. If I have time, I could possibly make a video on some of those things in the future. All the best, Arno

@@CloudWithDjango thank you for reply, that means it's not really necessary to have virtual env on the instance if you can't have multiple projects on it, i think venv helps to avoid issues with packages in different projects.

Hi, No worries. It is still necessary to have a virtual environment since each unique project should have one. Each Django project would be seen as a single web application which is a separate website on an instance.

My pleasure! Thank you for your suggestion.

Hi, It's a pleasure. So, it seems like your EC2 instance might not have pip installed. You can easily install it by running 'sudo apt-get install python3-pip' or 'sudo yum install python3-pip' depending on your Linux distribution, then retry the 'pip3 install -r requirements.txt' command.

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@@CloudWithDjango Yes it was very helpful, and am going to watch all your videos now. You are amazing when you explain, please do more videos. 🙏

@@zolintertainment2935 Thank you very much. Yes, I've got more video tutorials planned! Happy learning!

make the https: to http and it should work just fine

Hi, Thank you very much. Please double check your configuration settings exactly as demonstrated in the video. Line by line. Also, ensure that you have * under allowed hosts in your settings.py.

did you found a solution? I'm stuck with the same error.

Hi, You would need to make use of a background processor such as supervisor. This tutorial will be more suited to keeping the server active after terminating the server: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7O1H9kr1CsA.html Good luck!

@@CloudWithDjango Thanks 😜

Hi, Please checking the following: Kindly ensure that your EC2 instance is running on the AWS Management Console. Ensure your security group allows inbound SSH traffic on port 22. Check if network ACLs permit inbound and outbound traffic on port 22. Confirm you're using the correct SSH key pair for authentication. Review instance system logs for errors on the EC2 dashboard. Check system logs within the instance for errors. Ping the instance's public IP address to ensure accessibility. Restart the instance from the EC2 dashboard. Verify if your instance type is supported in the region.

Hi, so to keep your Django app running all the time for anyone to access, you need to set it up on a cloud server like AWS, install Django and its dependencies, configure the app, run a web server, set up a database, ensure security, optionally configure a domain name, and monitor performance.

Hi, Please don't add a redirect in your django application for https. This can be done on AWS with your load balancer.

Thank you so much! No worries, I can understand that with time past there would be changes that would need to be integrated. I'll give you some guidance on this: To adapt to Amazon's updated authentication requirements for accessing Git repositories, such as AWS CodeCommit, you'll need to transition to using SSH keys for authentication. Begin by generating an SSH key pair on your local machine using the ssh-keygen command in your terminal. This command generates both a public and private key. If you've set a passphrase for added security, consider adding your private key to the SSH agent using the ssh-add command to avoid entering the passphrase repeatedly. Next, log in to your Amazon AWS account and navigate to the IAM (Identity and Access Management) console. Within the console, upload your SSH public key (~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) to "SSH keys for AWS CodeCommit." Once your SSH key is uploaded, configure Git to use SSH by updating the repository URL from HTTPS to SSH. Typically, the SSH URL provided by Amazon follows this format: ssh://git-codecommit.{region}.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/{repository-name}. Replace {region} with your AWS region and {repository-name} with the name of your repository. With this setup, when you access the repository, your SSH key will be utilized for authentication. If you've set a passphrase, you may be prompted for it unless you've added the key to the SSH agent. By following these steps, you'll seamlessly authenticate with Amazon's Git repositories using SSH keys, providing a more secure approach compared to traditional password authentication, particularly for processes involving sensitive data or automation.

@@CloudWithDjango Beautiful! I'll give this a shot!

@@CloudWithDjango There's no option for "SSH keys for AWS CodeCommit" on the IAM console but I'll figure it out.

No worries! I see. Since it's an EC2 instance, you could also try creating your EC2 instance and in the setup you should be able to download a keypair. That should allow you to SSH into your EC2 instance. Might make things easier for you. So, yeah there are quite a few ways to go about it.

@@CloudWithDjango I have no doubt that won't work either because it'll find something else to moan about - God forbid should my life be easy

Hi, Additionally, I'd suggest ensuring that you have configured your inbound rules correctly and that your application is setup in the correct directory and linked properly.

Hi, Thank you for your suggestion.

Hi, You just need to pull (clone) the latest commit from your repository.

Hi, Thank you for the suggestion. There is content on the channel to help you with this. Here are some links to give you some guidance. Register a domain name: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gJ4HiV53W64.html Attach an SSL ceritifcate to a load balancer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rhOsL3zR8TE.html

Hi, I'd suggest ensuring that you have your domain name in allowed hosts set, and that your dns records with your domain name has been cached correctly. You also need to ensure that your domain name has an SSL/TLS certificate associated with it.

Hi, You would need to test this and experiment to know for sure.

Hi, It would depend on how you are planning to manage your application. But yes, EC2 is used for the virtual server and to launch your application.

will try and update you thanks for a quick reply.

Hi, it is automatically installed with a normal working Django project

Hi, Unfortunately, there is not.

Hi, Yes, it's possible to deploy a Django application that uses an Oracle database on an EC2 instance. However, it requires installing Oracle Instant Client libraries on the instance, configuring Django to use the Oracle backend, ensuring network connectivity to the Oracle database, optimizing performance, implementing security measures, and performing regular maintenance tasks.

Hi, Please double check your settings. It works perfectly fine.

Hi. It's a pleasure. It seems your web server is running in the foreground. To keep the hosted website accessible after closing the EC2 Connect page, run the server in the background or use tools like nohup to detach the process.

@@CloudWithDjango thanks will check it Thanks for the quick reply

No worries! Good luck!

Hi, This is expected to occur. Yes, you would need to use Nginx with supervisorctl to keep it permanently running.

@@CloudWithDjangoHi sir, a follow-up question, does Nginx actually turn this application into a service that can actually keep running?

Hi Abdul, Yes, if you shutdown the system, nothing will run. Additional settings need to be setup for that to work. I do a have tutorial on my channel with Nginx which uses supervisor to keep everything running. I'm sure that will be more suited to your goal.

Hi, As soon as you stop the instance, it will turn off. Thank you for the suggestion.

Hi, You would need to look in AWS Route 53 and Amazon Certificate Manager for that (as a starting point)

Hi, I do have a video that focus a little bit on https, but it's a little out of scope and may only help for some extra insight and reference only. Here is the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rhOsL3zR8TE.html Good luck!

@@CloudWithDjango thanks a lot!

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Hi you would need to register a domain name, and assign an SSL/TLS certificate first. After that you will need to configure it with your application.

Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. I see. You could do the following. To update the code on an existing EC2 instance, connect via SSH, navigate to your app directory, pull the latest changes from your Git repository, install/update dependencies, restart your application, and ensure to check logs for errors.

@@CloudWithDjango got it, thank you, is this how it is usually done? Is there a best practice for this scenario? I subbed for the channel today, I wanna get into cloud more and Im interested in django.

Hi, Yes, that is typically the way to go (usually the best practice), however there are multiple ways to do it, and I'd suggest researching and finding alternative ways that best suit your needs and preference etc. Ah, great! Thank you for your sub and support! All the best! :)

Hi, Yes, you shouldn't have a problem with your SQLite database, but if you do, you can switch out to postgres or mysql. Good luck!

@@CloudWithDjango Thanks for reply☺

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Hi, Yes, that is correct.

Hi, Please double check your configuration

Hi, You need to pull your new changes from GitHub. It will be the same process that you followed when you first pulled your application in the EC2 terminal.

@@CloudWithDjango Thanks bro, it worked

My pleasure, Kishore!

Hi, I'd suggest checking your application as well.

@@CloudWithDjango I can run my application locally on the server successfully but only there is a problem when I am running it on amazon ec2

The only thing that I'd suggest in that case is to double check the steps as shown in the videos

Hi, You would need to use AWS Route 53 to generate a domain name, and Amazon Certificate Manager to generate a FREE SSL/TLS certificate. After which you'd assign that domain name onto your load balancer or EC2 Instance directly.

Thank you for your support!

Hi, Yes, you'd need to use a linux distribution for this to work

Please ensure that you add in your domain name to allowed hosts

Hi, Thank you. Support is given for static files under the pinned comment.

Hi, You can add in a domain if you'd like. I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by done? There are plenty of things that can be added in. Such as an SSL/TLS certificate as well.

Hi, You will need to purchase a domain name first with AWS Route 53, and then a TLS/SSL certificate with Amazon certificate manager

Hi, Thank you for your feedback. The purpose of the video tutorial is to get a simple and general idea of how you can undertake a form of deployment with EC2, and not to delve into an intricate architecture with load testing and to deal with the expected complexities of a huge array of traffic.

@@CloudWithDjango probably I was too rude, my apologies

Hi, This video was made using a windows pc

@@CloudWithDjango hi can i contact u on instagram or something i need your help about my final year project deploiment please

Hi, You would need to configure this in your security groups and with the application.

Hi, In AWS terms that is correct. You get a free tier usage which you are allotted. If you cross it you will need to pay for the extra costs.

Hi, Only up to a certain usage limit. Here is some further guidance for you, as per the docs: shorturl.at/LS357

Hi, Please double check your steps

Thank you ! I did and didn’t work , I just watched the video of yours that shows how to host a Django project on Aws , is that the way people can access to the content they f my app as a webApp of how do I have to do ? I just need to post a webApp and have a link to people can use my app as a website or webApp how ever you can call it. This is my first time trying to use hosting. And it’s been difficult since I’m using Django.

Hi, I'd suggest taking a look at your inbound rules for HTTP vs HTTPS

@@CloudWithDjango I have to submit this project in a week🥲

Hi Riad. Thank you for your question. If you created your AWS account in the last year, then you will be eligible for the free tier. Which is completely free. After a year you will start paying for your instances. That being said the T2.micro instance is very cheap. As long as you only use it for quick testing.

@@CloudWithDjango Thank you answer

@@riadalimammedov7209 My pleasure!

Hi, Please check your configuration. There is nothing wrong with the code

Thank you so much! :)

Hi, Thank you for your feedback and suggestion. If I have the time, I could maybe look into it, but I'm working on a lot of things at the moment. It is a good topic to explore though, so thanks for mentioning it.

Thank you, Anil!!!!

Hi, Please double check the configuration settings for ec2 and ensure that your application is working locally.

Hi, You don't need a web server for this since we use EC2 linux and the default WSGI.