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How I Deployed a Containerized Django & MySQL App on AWS EC2 with Nginx

A step-by-step guide to dockerizing a multi-container Django application, configuring an Nginx reverse proxy, and deploying it to an AWS EC2 instance.

Django Notes App

A Django-based Notes application containerized with Docker and deployed on AWS EC2.

🏗️ Architecture

Flow:
User → AWS EC2 → Nginx → Django → MySQL
Docker Compose is used to manage the application services.

🛠️ Tech Stack

  • Backend: Django, Python
  • Database: MySQL
  • Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose
  • Web Server: Nginx
  • Cloud: AWS EC2
  • OS: Ubuntu
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub

✨ Features

  • Create, view, update and delete notes
  • MySQL database integration
  • Dockerized Django application
  • Multi-container setup using Docker Compose
  • Nginx reverse proxy
  • AWS EC2 deployment

📸 Screenshots

Application

Docker Containers

Docker Compose

Dockerfile

MySQL Database

AWS EC2

Deployment Verification

☁️ Deployment

The application is deployed on an Ubuntu AWS EC2 instance using Docker Compose.
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