Question
How to deploy next js and django in same droplet
- Posted on July 26, 2021
- DjangoNext.jsReactNode.js
Asked by vashokkumar600
Hi. I have created a website. I have django rest framework for backend. Django has nothing to do with the frontend. It only provides API.I use nextJS for frontend. Now, I need to deploy this. I need the django and nextjs to run on same droplet. How can I do this? I have previously done django+react combo. But, django + next js is different. someone pls guide me
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.
Want to learn more? Join the DigitalOcean Community!
Join our DigitalOcean community of over a million developers for free! Get help and share knowledge in Q&A, subscribe to topics of interest, and get courses and tools that will help you grow as a developer and scale your project or business.
Hi @vashokkumar600,
You can use Nginx as a reverse Proxy and configure both to work the way you want.
Basically, you’ll create two different configuration files and make the API calls in your nextJS config file. Another solution might be using the DigitalOcean App platform to deploy a Next.js App which uses a django app to do the API calls: