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Deploy Django
Step-by-step guides for shipping Django to a server, a container platform, or a managed host.
- Django WSGI vs ASGI: Which One Should You Deploy?
- Django Static vs Media Files in Production
- Best Hosting Options for Django Deployment in 2026
Fix Issues
Troubleshooting playbooks for Django production failures, from 500 errors to broken uploads.
- Django 502 Bad Gateway: Causes and Fixes
- Fix Nginx Not Connecting to Gunicorn (Connection Refused)
- How to Fix DisallowedHost in Django Production
Optimize
Performance, scaling, and reliability work for Django apps that are already live.
- Django Migration Strategy for Safe Deployments
- Django Deployment Security Basics You Should Not Skip
- How to Build a Django Health Check Endpoint for Deployments
Production Checklist
Review lists for security, database, container, and release readiness before you go live.
- Django Deployment Checklist for Production
- Django Production Settings Checklist (DEBUG, ALLOWED_HOSTS, CSRF)
- Django Security Headers Checklist
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- Your first production deployment on a VPS
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A 502 Bad Gateway in a Django deployment usually means your reverse proxy is reachable, but it cannot get a valid response from the upstream app server.
A Django app that works locally is not automatically safe to run in production. Most deployment failures come from a small set of issues: wrong settings, missing secrets, unsafe...
A good app deploy can still fail if the database migration step is unsafe. That is the real problem behind many Django migration deployment issues in production.
When you deploy Django in production, you will see both WSGI and ASGI recommended.
A lot of Django apps reach production with local-development assumptions still in place: DEBUG=True, weak host validation, secrets in .env files with broad permissions, Gunicorn...
A lot of Django production incidents come from settings.py, not application code.
Beginner-friendly guides for your first production steps
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- Django WSGI vs ASGI: Which One Should You Deploy?When you deploy Django in production, you will see both WSGI and ASGI recommended.Deploy
- How to Fix DisallowedHost in Django ProductionA DisallowedHost error in Django production means Django rejected the incoming Host header. This is a security check, not a random app failure.Fix Issues
- Set Up Sentry Error Monitoring for DjangoLocal logs are not enough once a Django app is in production. Exceptions can happen after deploys, during background jobs, or only under real user traffic patterns.Optimize
- Django Deployment Checklist for ProductionA Django app that works locally is not automatically safe to run in production. Most deployment failures come from a small set of issues: wrong settings, missing secrets, unsafe...Checklist
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- Deploy Django with Gunicorn and Nginx on UbuntuMoving a Django app from local development to production usually fails on the same points: process management, reverse proxy configuration, static files, secrets, TLS, and safe...Deploy
- How to Set Up Zero-Downtime Deployments for DjangoA standard Django deploy often causes a brief outage because the old app process stops before the new one is fully ready.Optimize
- Deploy Django ASGI with Uvicorn and NginxIf you want to deploy Django ASGI with Uvicorn and Nginx, python manage.py runserver is not a production option.Deploy
- Deploy Django with Caddy and Automatic HTTPSIf you want to deploy Django with Caddy in production, the main challenge is not just putting a reverse proxy in front of the app.Deploy
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Run through final production checks so your deployment is secure, observable, and repeatable.