Docker Compose implementaion for Saatchi's project

• Backend: Django + Gunicorn
• Frontend: React
• Database: PostgreSQL

Installation & Setup

1.Clone the repository

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd <project-folder>

2.Configure environment

Edit the following files before running:

backend/settings.py

• ALLOWED_HOSTS → include your domain or server IP
• CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS → add your frontend domain

docker-compose.yml

• Ensure database credentials in environment section match Django settings.
• set CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
• set DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME and DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD

Note

I am currently working on making those steps easier through env variables

3.Build & start containers

docker compose up -d --build

This will start:

• PostgreSQL on port 5432
• Backend on port 8000
• Frontend on port 80

### 4.Run migrations & create superuser

Open a shell into the backend container:

docker compose exec backend python manage.py migrate
docker compose exec backend python manage.py createsuperuser

Note

This part will get automated to

Note

Done

5. Access the app

• Frontend: http://localhost/
• Backend: http://localhost:8000/admin/

Tip

To change API base URL used by frontend, update frontend/src/links.jsx