How-to guides

Working in the local development environment

• Set up the Divio local development environment
• Run the local server in Live configuration

Deploy an existing web application

Deploy a portable, vendor-neutral application to Divio using Docker.

• Deploy an application (generic guide)
• Deploy a Django application
• Deploy a Flask application
• Deploy a Gatsby application

Create a new web application

Use one of our quickstart repositories to launch a new application from scratch in minutes.

• Create a Django application
• Create a django CMS application
• Create a Gatsby application

Building your Docker application

• Manage a project's base image
• Install system packages

Platform-specific guides

Python and Django

Python and Django

For Django-based projects.

• Install Python dependencies
• Create a multi-site Django project using Mirrors
• Go-live checklist for Django projects

Aldryn

Aldryn

For Django-based projects using the Aldryn addons framework.

• Add a Django application to an Aldryn project
• Configure Django settings using Aldryn
• Configure external logging
• Configure Celery
• Manage access authentication
• Manage redirects in Django projects
• Log in to a local Django project
• Manage uWSGI configuration
• Fine-tune uWSGI server performance
• Package an application as an Aldryn addon
• Update an existing Aldryn addon

Node.js

Node.js

• Force HTTPS with Express.js

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Managing a project’s resources

• Interact with your project’s database
• Interact with your project’s cloud media storage
• Manage environment variables

Adding new functionality to a project

• Set up Sass CSS compilation
• Configure Application Performance Monitoring
• Configure media serving on a custom domain

Development workflow

• Configure external Git hosting
• Use Git to manage your project
• Set up CI/CD
• Use the Divio API

Troubleshooting

• Debug cloud deployment problems
• Diagnose performance issues
• Identify and resolve a Python dependency conflict
• Get help when you have a problem