Deploying Django on a single Debian or Ubuntu server

• 1. Getting started
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Getting a server
  • 1.3. Introduction to SSH keys
  • 1.4. How SSH keys work
  • 1.5. Using an SSH agent
  • 1.6. Essential GNU/Linux commands
  • 1.7. Shell files, editing files, remote copying
  • 1.8. Installing software on a Debian/Ubuntu server
  • 1.9. Reading the documentation
  • 1.10. Setting up the system locale
  • 1.11. Quickly starting Django on a server
  • 1.12. Things we need to fix
• 2. DNS
  • 2.1. Introduction to the DNS
  • 2.2. Registering a domain name
  • 2.3. Adding records to your domain
  • 2.4. Changing the domain’s name servers
  • 2.5. Editing the hosts file
  • 2.6. Visiting your Django project through the domain
  • 2.7. Chapter summary
• 3. Users and directories
  • 3.1. Creating a user and group
  • 3.2. The program files
  • 3.3. The data directory
  • 3.4. The log directory
  • 3.5. The production settings
  • 3.6. Managing production vs. development settings
  • 3.7. Running the Django server
  • 3.8. Chapter summary
• 4. The web server
  • 4.1. Installing nginx
  • 4.2. Configuring nginx to serve the domain
  • 4.3. Configuring nginx for django
  • 4.4. Installing Apache
  • 4.5. Configuring Apache to serve the domain
  • 4.6. Configuring Apache for django
  • 4.7. Chapter summary
• 5. Static and media files
  • 5.1. Setting up Django
  • 5.2. Setting up nginx
  • 5.3. Setting up Apache
  • 5.4. Media files
  • 5.5. File locations
  • 5.6. Chapter summary
• 6. Gunicorn
  • 6.1. Why Gunicorn?
  • 6.2. Installing and running Gunicorn
  • 6.3. Configuring systemd
  • 6.4. More about systemd
  • 6.5. The top command: memory management
  • 6.6. The top command: CPU usage
  • 6.7. Chapter summary
• 7. Production settings
  • 7.1. Email
  • 7.2. Debug
  • 7.3. Using a local mail server
  • 7.4. Secret key
  • 7.5. Logging
  • 7.6. Caching
  • 7.7. Recompile your settings
  • 7.8. Clearing sessions
  • 7.9. Chapter summary
• 8. PostgreSQL
  • 8.1. Why PostgreSQL?
  • 8.2. Getting started with PostgreSQL
  • 8.3. PostgreSQL connections
  • 8.4. PostgreSQL roles and authentication
  • 8.5. PostgreSQL databases and clusters
  • 8.6. Further reading
• 9. Recovery part 1
  • 9.1. Why “recovery”?
  • 9.2. Where to backup
  • 9.3. Estimating storage cost
  • 9.4. Setting up backup storage
  • 9.5. Setting up duplicity and duply
  • 9.6. Duply configuration
  • 9.7. Excluding files
  • 9.8. Additional directories for excluding or including
  • 9.9. Backing up databases
  • 9.10. Running scheduled backups
  • 9.11. Chapter summary
• 10. Recovery part 2
  • 10.1. Restoring a file or directory
  • 10.2. Restoring SQLite
  • 10.3. Restoring PostgreSQL
  • 10.4. Restoring an entire system
  • 10.5. Recovery testing
  • 10.6. Copying offline
  • 10.7. Storing and rotating external disks
  • 10.8. Recovering from offline backups
  • 10.9. Scheduling manual operations
  • 10.10. Chapter summary
• 11. About/Copyright