From a7280fc85585a6964324b8d4b672522fa99bea1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter van Doorn <71013416+two-trick-pony-NL@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:32:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update readme.md
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readme.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 51f262f..1406e00 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Setting up django for production is hard! Using this template will give you a ea
## Prerequisites and testing locally
- [ ] Have Python3 installed
- [ ] run `brew install mysql` - in case you have don't have this
-- [ ] run `brew install uwsgi` - you can run the app locally without this, but the dockerfile will need it to be in the requirements.txt file
- [ ] run `pip3 install -r requirements.txt` to get all requirements for template
- [ ] fill in the `core/.env` file with your app's details
- [ ] run `python3 manage.py runserver` to check if the app is working on your local machine
@@ -55,12 +54,11 @@ In AWS lightsail create a storage bucket and obtain the:
- `S3_SECRET_KEY`
- `S3_ACCESS_KEY`
- `S3_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME`
--
### 3. Update GitHub Repository Secrets
In your GitHub repository, go to `Settings` -> `Secrets` and add the following secrets:
-- `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY`: can be anything you want ideally a long string. Make sure to have the same string locally as in github as otherwise your sessions won't match.
+
- `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`: Your AWS access key ID. from step 2
- `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`: Your AWS secret access key. from step 2
- `AWS_REGION`: Your AWS region (e.g., `us-east-1`). this must match what you did in step 1
@@ -71,5 +69,24 @@ In your GitHub repository, go to `Settings` -> `Secrets` and add the following s
- `DB_PASSWORD`
- `DB_HOST`
- `DB_NAME`
+
- `DB_PORT` - for your SQL database.
-You can also use sqlite in which case you should change your settings.py file in django to do so. But I chose to use a SQL database since data will otherwise be lost if the container reboots.
+You can also use sqlite in which case you should change your settings.py file in django to do so. But I chose to use a SQL database since data will otherwise be lost if the container reboots.
+
+When you're done it should look like this:
+
+
+
+
+
+### 4. Update your app
+
+- Now you can update your app locally and update it to your hearts desire
+- Once you commit to main, github action will trigger
+- That looks like this:
+
+- Once the deployment completes your lightsail dashboard should look like this:
+ 
+ - including the URL to your new container. You can set your own domain name from the lightsail dashboard later.
+
+-