Django Template

Setup Dev Environment

Using devcontainer:

1. Use the devcontainer setup in .devcontainer
2. Install requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt
3. python manage.py migrate
4. python manage.py loaddata initial_data.json
5. python manage.py runserver

Using venv:

1. setup a python virtual envirnoment
2. pip install -r requirements.txt
3. python manage.py migrate
4. python manage.py loaddata initial_data.json
5. python manage.py runserver

After the Setup a default admin user is generated with username testadmin and password admin

Setup the CI

Make sure you configure in your gitlab the following variables:

• NAMESPACE
• DJANGO_DB_USER_DEVELOPMENT
• DJANGO_DB_PASSWORD_DEVELOPMENT
• DJANGO_DB_NAME_DEVELOPMENT
• DJANGO_DB_USER_PRODUCTION
• DJANGO_DB_PASSWORD_PRODUCTION
• DJANGO_DB_NAME_PRODUCTION

This will allow you to set everything up on k8s with the following outcome:

• Production reachable at: NAMESPACE_NAME-backend.prod.gke.papers.tech
• Development reachable at: NAMESPACE_NAME-backend.prod.gke.papers.tech

Make sure to run the deployment and provision step.