Django on Google Container Engine (GKE)

19 July 2019 | Rolo Mawlabaux

Moving your Django application to Google Container Engine (GKE) can significantly improve your deployment workflow and scalability. Below are the steps to containerise your application.

Getting Started

First, ensure you have a Dockerfile at the root of your project. Kubernetes (the engine behind GKE) relies on these containers to manage your application instances.

Setting up GKE

Use the gcloud command-line tool to provision your infrastructure. Create your cluster, build your images, and trigger your deployment using standard Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts.