Deploying django application with gunicorn nginx mysql

Install.md

Step One: Update Packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step Two: Install and Create Virtualenv

sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
sudo virtualenv /opt/myenv

Step Three: Install Django

pip install django

Step Four: Install MySQL

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sudo apt-get install build-essential git mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev python-dev

Step Five: Install NGINX

sudo apt-get install nginx

Step Six: Install Gunicorn

source /opt/myenv/bin/activate
pip install gunicorn

Step Seven: Configure MySQL

Step Eight: Clone the Django Project

cd /opt/myenv
source /opt/myenv/bin/activate
git clone git-url myproject
cd /opt/myenv/myproject/myproject

Edit the settings.py file with your editor of choice:

vim settings.py

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'myproject',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'password',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

cd /opt/myenv/myproject
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py syncdb
python manage.py collectstatic

Step Nine: Configure Gunicorn

gunicorn_django --bind 162.243.36.4:8001
cd /opt/myenv
sudo nano gunicorn_config.py

Add the following contents to the file:

command = '/opt/myenv/bin/gunicorn'
pythonpath = '/opt/myenv/myproject'
bind = '127.0.0.1:8001'
user = 'nobody'

/opt/myenv/bin/gunicorn -c /opt/myenv/gunicorn_config.py myproject.wsgi

Step Ten: Configure NGINX

sudo service nginx start
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject

Add following lines in nginx Configure

server {
    server_name yourdomainorip.com;

    access_log off;

    location /static/ {
        alias /opt/myenv/static/;
    }

    location / {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8001;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            add_header P3P 'CP="ALL DSP COR PSAa PSDa OUR NOR ONL UNI COM NAV"';
    }
}

nginx restart

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
sudo ln -s ../sites-available/myproject
sudo rm default
sudo service nginx restart