Mingle - Django Chat Application - Deployment Guide

This guide explains how to deploy a Django-based chat application on an AWS EC2 instance using Nginx.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Setup & Configuration
• Running the Application
• Troubleshooting

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

• AWS EC2 instance with Ubuntu or a similar Linux distribution.
• SSH access to your EC2 instance.
• Python 3.x, virtualenv, pip installed.
• Nginx installed (for production server setup).
• Gunicorn installed (to serve the Django app).

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/Vaishnav88sk/MingleChat-django-web.git
cd MingleChat-django-web

2. Create a Virtual Environment:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install Dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Setup Database:

python manage.py migrate

Setup & Configuration

1. Create a Superuser:

python manage.py createsuperuser

2. Update Settings for Production:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['your-ec2-public-ip', 'your-domain.com','localhost']

3. Collect Static Files:

python manage.py collectstatic

Running the Application

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Troubleshooting

1. Django Static Files:

python manage.py collectstatic

2. Database Issues:

python manage.py migrate

Visit the website: https://minglechat.duckdns.org