Django Celery

This is a sample Django application that uses Celery for background tasks. It uses Postgres as the database and Redis as the message broker.

Prerequisites

1. Download Defang CLI
2. (Optional) If you are using Defang BYOC authenticate with your cloud provider account
3. (Optional for local development) Docker CLI

Development

To run the application locally, you can use the following command:

docker compose -f compose.dev.yaml up --build

Configuration

For this sample, you will need to provide the following 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

The password for the Postgres database.

defang config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD

SECRET_KEY

The secret key for the Django application.

defang config set SECRET_KEY

Deployment

Note

Download Defang CLI

Defang Playground

Deploy your application to the Defang Playground by opening up your terminal and typing:

defang compose up

BYOC

If you want to deploy to your own cloud account, you can use Defang BYOC.

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Title: Django Celery

Short Description: A Django application that uses Celery for background tasks, Postgres as the database, and Redis as the message broker.

Tags: Django, Celery, Postgres, Redis

Languages: python, sql