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samples/django-postgres/README.md

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 This template is a customer relationship management list project developed using Python Django framework, offering a starting point to help you quickly build your customer management system. We use PostgreSQL as the database. We have prepared all the essential files for deployment. By spending less than 10 minutes setting up the environment, as detailed in the prerequisites, and executing the commands in our step-by-step guide, your website will be ready to go live to the world!
 
-## NOTE
+> [!NOTE]
+This sample showcases how you could deploy a full-stack application with Defang and Django. However, it deploys Postgres as a Defang service. Defang [services](https://12factor.net/processes) are ephemeral and should not be used to run stateful workloads in production as they will be reset on every deployment. For production use cases you should use a managed database like RDS, Aiven, or others. If you stick to Django's default SQLite database, your stored data will be lost on every deployment, and in some other situations. In the future, Defang will help you provision and connect to managed databases.
 
-This sample showcases how you could deploy a full-stack application with Defang and Django. However, it deploys postgres as a defang service. Defang [services](https://12factor.net/processes) are ephemeral and should not be used to run stateful workloads in production as they will be reset on every deployment. For production use cases you should use a managed database like RDS, Aiven, or others. If you stick to Rail's default SQLite database, your stored data will be lost on every deployment, and in some other situations. In the future, Defang will help you provision and connect to managed databases.
+## Prerequisites
 
-## Essential Setup Files
+1. Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+2. (Optional) If you are using [Defang BYOC](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc) authenticate with your cloud provider account
+3. (Optional for local development) [Docker CLI](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
 
-1. A [Dockerfile](https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices/) to describe the basic image of your applications.
-2. A [docker-compose file](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/compose) to define and run multi-container Docker applications.
-3. A [.dockerignore](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/context/#dockerignore-files) file to comply with the size limit (10MB).
+## Development
 
-## Prerequisite
+To run the application locally, you can use the following command:
 
-1. Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
-2. If you are using [Defang BYOC](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc), make sure you have properly [authenticated your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html)
-   Plus, make sure that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+```bash
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+For this sample, you will need to provide the following [configuration](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/configuration): 
+
+> Note that if you are using the 1-click deploy option, you can set these values as secrets in your GitHub repository and the action will automatically deploy them for you.
+
+### `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` 
+```bash
+defang config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+```
+
+## Deployment
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+
+### Defang Playground
+
+Deploy your application to the Defang Playground by opening up your terminal and typing:
+```bash
+defang compose up
+```
+
+### BYOC (AWS)
 
-## A Step-by-Step Guide for Deployment
+If you want to deploy to your own cloud account, you can use Defang BYOC:
 
-1. Open the terminal and type `defang login`
-2. Type `defang compose up` in the CLI
-3. Now your application will be launched
+1. [Authenticate your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html), and check that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+2. Run in a terminal that has access to your AWS environment variables:
+    ```bash
+    defang --provider=aws compose up
+    ```
 
 ---
 

samples/django/README.md

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 [![1-click-deploy](https://defang.io/deploy-with-defang.png)](https://portal.defang.dev/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnew%3Ftemplate_name%3Dsample-django-template%26template_owner%3DDefangSamples)
 
-This is a simple example of how to run Django on Defang. It is a simple Todo app that uses SQLite as the database.
-
-### NOTE
-
-This sample is a simple Django app that uses SQLite as the database, which will be reset every time you deploy. **It is not production-ready**. For production use cases, you should check out the Django + Postgres sample.
+This sample is a simple Django to-do app that uses SQLite as the database, which will be reset every time you deploy. **It is not production-ready**. For production use cases, you should check out the Django + Postgres sample.
 
 The app includes a management command which is run on startup to create a superuser with the username `admin` and password `admin`. This means you can login to the admin interface at `/admin/` and see the Django admin interface without any additional steps. The `example_app` is already registered and the `Todo` model is already set up to be managed in the admin interface.
 
 The Dockerfile and compose files are already set up for you and are ready to be deployed. Serving is done using [Gunicorn](https://gunicorn.org/) and uses [WhiteNoise](https://whitenoise.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for static files. The `CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` setting is configured to allow the app to run on a `defang.dev` subdomain.
 
-## Essential Setup Files
+## Prerequisites
 
-1. A [Dockerfile](https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices/) to describe the basic image of your applications.
-2. A [docker-compose file](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/compose) to define and run multi-container Docker applications.
-3. A [.dockerignore](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/context/#dockerignore-files) file to comply with the size limit (10MB).
+1. Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+2. (Optional) If you are using [Defang BYOC](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc) authenticate with your cloud provider account
+3. (Optional for local development) [Docker CLI](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
 
-## Prerequisite
+## Development
 
-1. Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
-2. If you are using [Defang BYOC](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc), make sure you have properly [authenticated your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html)
-   Plus, make sure that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+To run the application locally, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+For this sample, you will not need to provide [configuration](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/configuration). 
+
+If you wish to provide configuration, see below for an example of setting a configuration for a value named `API_KEY`.
+
+```bash
+defang config set API_KEY
+```
+
+## Deployment
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+
+### Defang Playground
+
+Deploy your application to the Defang Playground by opening up your terminal and typing:
+```bash
+defang compose up
+```
+
+### BYOC (AWS)
 
-## A Step-by-Step Guide
+If you want to deploy to your own cloud account, you can use Defang BYOC:
 
-1. (optional) If you are using Defang BYOC, make sure to update the `CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` setting in the `settings.py` file to include an appropriate domain.
-2. Open the terminal and type `defang login`
-3. Type `defang compose up` in the CLI
-4. Now your application will be launched
+1. [Authenticate your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html), and check that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+2. Make sure to update the `CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` setting in the `settings.py` file to include an appropriate domain.
+3. Run in a terminal that has access to your AWS environment variables:
+    ```bash
+    defang --provider=aws compose up
+    ```
 
 ---