https://www.meetgor.com Posts tagged with web-development en-us Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:08:39 UTC https://www.meetgor.com/til/django-app-from-scratch Creating a django basic application with configuration for static files, templates and user authentication using docker and debian base image. Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 UTC ## Pull a Fresh Debian Image Create a docker container from a Debian image, the following command can be used to pull a debain 11-slim image and create a container of it, also enter into the container in a interactive environment `-it` mode. ``` docker run -v $(pwd):/var/www --rm -it -p 8001:80 debian:11-slim ``` ## Create a Django App from Shell script Now, since we are inside a Debian container, we can enter a few commands, you can refer to the Mark Gibney's [GitHub repository](https://github.com/no-gravity/web_app_from_scratch) for the script. ``` apt update apt install wget wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/no-gravity/web_app_from_scratch/main/django.sh ``` Also, if you want to do a few adjustments, you can install an editor, get used to vim or use nano. ``` apt install vim OR apt install nano ``` ``` chmod +x django.sh bash django.sh ``` I also have a few adjustment of the original script, that accepts a project name and creates a django project based on the positional parameter given to it. You can get it from the [quick-setup-script repository](https://github.com/Mr-Destructive/quick-setup-scripts/blob/main/django_docker.sh) or directly the [script](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mr-Destructive/quick-setup-scripts/main/django_docker.sh). To use the above file, you need to execute the command as : ``` chmod +x django_docker.sh bash django_docker.sh <project_name> ``` This will generate the project in the `/var/www/` folder with the name of the project. The script will prompt you with a few things for setting up at some iterations like basic application setup , `static file` configuration, `basic tempalte` setup and the `user authentication` setup. ## Copy the contents from the docker container You can copy the contents of the folder into your local machine by entering the [cp](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cp/) command in docker. ``` docker cp <container_id>:/var/www/<project_name> /path/in_local_machine/ ``` This will copy the project in the docker container into the local machine for you to extend and tweak it as per your needs. That's a basic Django Project Setup by using Docker with a Debian Image. til