How to Deploy a Django App to Heroku in 2018… The Easy Way
God damn, why does deploying your app on the web have to be SO difficult? Years into my experience as a software developer and to this day I find hosting online to be a PAIN.
If you ever tried it, did you enjoy running into issues with static files, WhiteNoise, not installing the middleware in the right location, or a whole host of said fun stuff? Yeah, me neither.
Well, not anymore my child. It’s still a little annoying but there is a MUCH simpler solution thanks to Django 2.0 ❤.
Here’s how you do it…
Step 1. Create a Procfile in your project root.
Procfile
web: gunicorn project_name.wsgiStep 2. Do this in your app/settings.py
app/settings.py
import django_heroku # Then all the way at the bottom of the file
# ... django_heroku.settings(locals())
UPDATE (Aug 3rd, 2019): Before you continue… You’ll need to have psycopg2 installed. To do this… The easiest way is to install something like pgAdmin on your Mac OS X from a GUI installer.
Step 3. Go to the command line and install psycopg2
pip install psycopg2
And NOW… you’ll be able to install django-heroku .
STEP 4. Install Django Heroku & push to master.
pip install gunicorn
pip install django-heroku
pip freeze > requirements.txt# login to your heroku
heroku login# create new app if one doesn't yet exist
heroku create# create a new postgres database for your app
heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev# migrate your database to the heroku app
heroku run python manage.py migrate# before you do this, make sure to add your SECRET_KEY to your env variables in your heroku app settings
git add .
git commit -m "Ready to heroku this sucker in the face."
git push heroku master
That’s it. BOOM. Your app is now online. You’re welcome.
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