Docker container for Django and Apache2 on Ubuntu

This is my configuration to build a docker container with a demo Django project on Ubuntu system with Apache2.

Prerequisites

• Docker CE
• Docker compose

Key features

• Container
  • Based on ubuntu:latest image
  • Container name: django-apache2
  • Symbolic links for python3 and pip3 are created to run python commands just by typing python and pip respectively, instead of python3 and pip3 at the command line.
  • Default HTTP port 80 is exposed and binded to port 80 on the localhost machine
• Apache2
  • WSGIDaemonProcess directive in apache2 configuration file to run Django application and keep python-path inside the VirtualHost tag.
• Django
  • Django version 2.0 framework (requires Python 3.x to run)
  • Bootstrap 4 template
  • No superuser account has been activated
  • No migrations have been made
  • DEBUG value is set to True
  • No virtualenv is required

How to build the container

Open a terminal and navigate to project folder. To build the container simply run (with elevated privileges) the following:

$ docker-compose up -d --build

The "--build" option ensures to rebuild the container when changes at configuration files exist. Once the container is being created, navigate to http://localhost in your browser. The demo site should looks like the following:

Start a bash shell inside the running container

To interact with the running container and start a bash shell execute the following command in a terminal:

$ docker exec -it --hostaname ubuntu django-apache2 bash

Author

Manolis Georgioudakis (geoem@mail.ntua.gr)

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