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From Containers to Kubernetes with Django
From Containers to Kubernetes with Django

Introduction

In this series, you will build and containerize a Django application. The series is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of migrating an application to Kubernetes, including modernizing your app using the 12FA methodology, containerizing it, and deploying it to Kubernetes. The series also includes information on scaling and securing a containerized app with NGINX and Let’s Encrypt Docker containers.

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Interested in Django but not sure where to start with Docker? This tutorial will walk you through first steps: modifying a sample Django application to work in a container-based environment, and building a container image for the Django and Gunicorn app.

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In cloud-based environments, there are multiple ways to scale and secure a Django application. By scaling horizontally, and running several copies of your app, you can build a more fault-tolerant and highly-available system, while also…

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In this tutorial you’ll deploy a containerized Django polls application into a Kubernetes cluster. Django is a powerful web framework that can help you get your Python application off the ground quickly. It includes several convenient…

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