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Deployment

tldr

docker build -t <image_name>
docker run <image_name> -p <port>:8000 --env-file .env

or 

docker-compose up

Dockerfile

To build a docker image, simply run:

docker build -t <image_name> .

Then to run the application:

docker run <image_name> -p <port>:8000 --env-file .env

Make sure that the database is running and your .env file contains correct connection string.

docker-compose

If you wish to start the app as well as the database, use the docker-compose.yml file. Make sure that your .env file contains following variables:

  • MARIADB_USERNAME - sql username
  • MARIADB_PASSWORD - sql user password
  • DB_NAME - name of the database
  • DB_DATA - absolute path to where the database data should be saved
  • SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI equal to mysql+pymysql://$MARIADB_USERNAME:$MARIADB_PASSWORD@db:3306/$DB_NAME

To run the application, simply run:

docker-compose up