How to Dockerize Django in 5 minutes

In this video, you'll learn how to use Cookiecutter Django to Dockerize your Django in 5 minutes. Docker is a great tool that I've used in almost all of my projects. For beginners it can be difficult to get everything setup correctly so why not just learn from one of the community's most trusted sources - the Cookiecutter Django project.

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Cookiecutter explanation
02:30 Downloading Docker
03:00 Installing Cookiecutter
04:00 Start project
06:30 Starting Cookiecutter project
16:45 Working in Requirements folder
18:20 Copy command
24:45 Using Docker compose
28:00 Adding postgres into requirements
29:30 Database configuration
32:00 Important runserver fix

[kevinfreeman]

Your explanations in this video are far better and more complete than any of the countless manuals, tutorials, and videos I have gone through to try and understand how to Dockerize Django, with or without Cookiecutter. I had given up trying to understand all of this but you have restored my sanity. Seriously excellent video!!

[swiftsword]

I’m a python/Django beginner. Going through all those yml and config files helped me understand better. Thanks for the tutorial!

[marcinajman]

The best explaining video on the youtube man!

[chukwukaibejih]

You make everything seem easy. I love your explanation and how you broke everything down. I really learnt alot and cookiecutter is so cool! Thanks

[gabrielpeter]

Great tutorial ! Really appreciate how you went line by line to get a great overview of the image build process

[FRANKFIFORM]

This way of organizing the settings looks great. I’m going to try it in my next project 👍🏽 thanks for this video 🤗

[BjrnOttoVasbottenbjovas]

"in 5 minutes" - running time: 35:59 :p

[defidelity]

Let's build a project with this pls, even if it's just a Todo app.

Thanks for this video anyway

[unperrier]

LOL the video "how to do this or that in 5 min" that lasts more than 30 :)

[Otaku-Paradise]

600th like. Thanks for the informative video!

[nielsSavantKing]

@justDjango. But in production it is not best practice to dockerize the database. For example if you are using AWS or Azure then it is better to use a cloud database service. I just read that. Or am I wrong?

[backbasic]

docker dev containers are also a nice alternative.

[juneddavada]

Is a very good and helpful video...

But can you please make a video on how to connect Django with MongoDB Atlas as a database

I have tried to connect it with but it connecting to the localhost only.

Please make a video on that.

[mr-enginer]

Can you use cookiecutter django in your next project or make a video on it like how to use this project.

[rezarostami]

very good
plz learn django taggit autocomplite in django admin

[michaelmarinos]

Not a good tutorial. You copied and pasted a Dockerfile and some folders, and that's it. The Dockerfile is unnecessarily complex and misleading, as it was built for cookiecutter (automation). What is more, there are a lot of bad practises in the Dockerfile (for example the container runs with root privileges.)

[roshan.maharjan]

I hate it when swallowing sound comes up. Such a irritating sound.

[myusrn]

Title says "How to . . . in 5 minutes" and yet the video is 36 minutes long, am i missing something?