The environment variables allow us to define the application settings without having to edit the settings. On linux you can use export ENV_NAME=VAR_VALUE to set one.
The list of variables there default values and descriptions can be found in environment_variables.md.
AWS can be used for static and media storage inside an S3 bucket. The AWS environment variables can be found in aws.md.
Procfile is a config file for Heroku, it define how the app should be started and what commands should be executed before starting it.
This file alone is enought to host the site on Heroku, but there is some extra steps you need to take, main one is setting the environment variables to point to the database. This can be done in the Settings tab in your heroku dashboard. Also note that there is a Heroku Postgres add-ons available for free here.
You should check environment_variables.md for more informations about variables.
You should check the Django's deployement guide.
Create the environment.
python3.9 -m venv venvActivate it (on linux).
source ./venv/bin/activateInstall the requirements.
pip install -r requirements.txtAt this point you should check environment_variables.md for more informations about variables.
Mainly DJANGO_ENV, SECRET_KEY and DATABASE_URL.
Migrate the database.
./manage.py migrateThen you need to collect static files.
./manage.py collectstaticThis will create a folder containing all the static files raidy to be served by your server.
To serve your static files you can setup a server, use an AWS S3 bucket, or use a Google Cloud bucket.
Then you will need to create a super user to access the admin panel.
./manage.py createsuperuserThen you will be able to start the server, for this we will need nginx and we use gunicorn with async support.