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How To Set Up Django App on Apache With User With Their Own Subdomain And Their Unique Database on One Database Cluster?

Posted February 7, 2021 1.1k views
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My idea is to deploy a django app on an Apache Server Droplet, which can have my users access the app with each user with their own unique subdomain example: user1.example.com, user2.example.com and so on, and each with their own unique database in one DigitalOcean Database Cluster. So that when I upload the source code of the app, all users will get the same updated version with their data in the database intact.
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bobbyiliev February 11, 2021

Hi there,

What I could suggest is using Apache Virtual Hosts so that you could host multiple sites on the same server. You can follow the steps on how to do that here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04

Regarding the databases, you will be able to create separate databases for your managed cluster directly via your DigitalOcean Control panel and then change the database connection strings accordingly for each application.

Hope that this helps.
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Bobby

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  • alimmillionaire February 21, 2021

    Thank you so much @bobbyiliev for your reply. I almost thought i won’t get any.
    I have read and understood the reference but i still have some concerns, the 1st is that can I use this method in production? and if yes, how do i deal with ServerAliases in the apache conf? for instance. like i said that I want each of my users to have access to the app in a subdomain like user1.example.com, user2.example.com with each getting the same version update from a single github repo. the 2nd concern is that i have to restart the apache service in order for the new users’ conf to take effect, would that be good for active users?

    It is a Django App and i want an auto deploy if that’s important to know.

    What do you think about Docker containers as an alternative?

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    • bobbyiliev March 1, 2021

      Hi there,

      What I could suggest is that if each application is going to be connecting to a different backend service, is to use separate Apache Vhost files for each domain name.

      If all domains would be connecting to the same backend service, then you could use the ServerAliases approach instead.

      Regarding restarting the Apache service, what you could do is to just do a reload rather then restart, that way there should be no noticeable downtime for the active users.

      Yes, using Docker containers also sounds like a plan. Here is a quick guide on how to host multiple Docker containers on the same server with Nginx as the reverse proxy:

      https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-host-multiple-docker-containers-on-a-single-droplet-with-nginx-reverse-proxy

      Hope that this helps!
      Regards,
      Bobby

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