Ubuntu-16.04-Python-3.7-Django-3.0.4-DockerFile

FROM ubuntu:16.04
# Ubuntu 16.04 ships with Python 3.5 as default. We should install and use python 3.7 to use the newest Django version (3.0.4 as of March 2020)
# We also need the python3.7-dev package in order for mod_wsgi-standalone to read the headers which are specific to 3.7.7
RUN apt install -y software-properties-common
RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
RUN apt update
RUN apt install -y python3.7
RUN apt install -y python3.7-dev

# Update the simlink of our 'python3' command
rm /usr/bin/python3
ln -s python3.7 /usr/bin/python3
RUN apt install -y python3-pip
RUN pip3 install virtualenv

# Install apache2 and apache2-dev as they are dependencies for mod_wsgi-standalone
RUN apt install -y apache2
RUN apt install -y apache2-dev

# Install git and clone the repository of your choice
RUN apt install -y git
RUN git clone <<YOUR_REPOSITORY_URL_HERE>>
git checkout <<RELEVANT_BRANCH_HERE>>
cd <<YOUR_REPOSITORY_NAME>>
virtualenv .env && source .env/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt

# NOTE that in a multiple user setup, the command 'pip3 install mod_wsgi-standalone' would have to be run by the root user!
# It is also important to issue this install WITHIN the virtualenv
RUN pip3 install mod_wsgi-standalone

# Finally run the server (this assumes you are running something like an apache server proxied to localhost:8080
mod_wsgi-express start-server <<YOUR_DJGANGO_PROJECT_FOLDER>>/wsgi.py --log-to-terminal --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8080