Django 3 By Example - Third Edition

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Going Live

In the previous chapter, you built a real-time chat server for students using Django Channels. Now that you have created a fully functional e-learning platform, you need to set up a production environment on an online server so that it can be accessed over the Internet. Until now, you have been working in a development environment, using the Django development server to run your site. In this chapter, you will learn how to set up a production environment that is able to serve your Django project in a secure and efficient manner.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

• Configuring a production environment
• Creating a custom middleware
• Implementing custom management commands

Creating a production environment

It's time to deploy ...