Django in Production with PEX
summary
Explains packaging a Django app into a single-file .pex that contains app code and all dependencies, requires a matching Python interpreter version, and removes the need for portable virtualenvs. Shows moving manage.py into a package as an entry-point manage.py, adding custom Django management commands for Gunicorn and Celery, building the .pex, deploying with a systemd service plus an environment file, and running maintenance shells. Includes a demo workflow, a deploy script, and a GitHub repo with zero-downtime AWS deploy examples.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 2:48installing these packages in your virtual environment
- 9:54move it from the top level into one of your python packages
- 14:50pass in your settings as environment variables
- 15:10create an environment file
- 21:58review the multiple points of entry
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