Run on AWS

Let’s run the Django App in production on AWS.

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AWS Setup

ws_settings = WorkspaceSettings(
    ...
    # -*- AWS settings
    # Add your Subnet IDs here
    subnet_ids=["subnet-xyz", "subnet-xyz"],
    ...
)

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Update Secrets

# Secrets used by RDS Database
MASTER_USERNAME: app
MASTER_USER_PASSWORD: "app9999!!"

SECRET_KEY: "django-insecure-...."
# OPENAI_API_KEY: "sk-***"

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Create AWS resources

Create AWS resources using:

phi ws up --env prd --infra aws

This will create:

1. ECS Cluster for the application.
2. ECS Task Definitions and Services that run the application on the ECS cluster.
3. LoadBalancer to route traffic to the application.
4. Security Groups that control incoming and outgoing traffic.
5. Secrets for managing application and database secrets.
6. RDS Database for Knowledge Base and Storage.

Press Enter to confirm and grab a cup of coffee while the resources spin up.

• The RDS database takes about 5 minutes to activate.
• These resources are defined in the workspace/prd_resources.py file.
• Use the ECS console to view services and logs.
• Use the RDS console to view the database instance.

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Production Django app

Open the LoadBalancer DNS to view your Django App running on AWS.

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Production Django Admin

Open the LoadBalancer DNS + /admin page to view the Django admin site.

Create an admin user by SSH-ing into the production container:

ECS_CLUSTER=django-prd
TASK_ARN=$(aws ecs list-tasks --cluster django-prd --query "taskArns[0]" --output text)
CONTAINER_NAME=django-prd

aws ecs execute-command --cluster $ECS_CLUSTER \
    --task $TASK_ARN \
    --container $CONTAINER_NAME \
    --interactive \
    --command "python manage.py createsuperuser"

Log in to the admin panel:

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Update Production

Follow this guide to update your production application. You'll need to:

1. Create a new image
2. Update the ECS Task Definition and Services.

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Delete AWS resources

Play around and then delete AWS resources using:

phi ws down --env prd --infra aws

or delete individual resource groups using:

phi ws down --env prd --infra aws --group app

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Next

Congratulations on running your Django App on AWS. Next Steps:

• Read how to update workspace settings
• Read how to create a git repository for your workspace
• Read how to manage the production application
• Read how to format and validate your code
• Read how to add python libraries
• Read how to add a custom domain and HTTPS
• Read how to implement CI/CD
• Chat with us on discord