Cloud Deployment
Deploy Django to cloud platforms — AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and PaaS options for different project sizes.
50 min•By Priygop Team•Last updated: Feb 2026
Cloud Platform Options
- PaaS (Easiest): Railway, Render, Fly.io — connect Git repo, automatic deploys. Free tiers available. Best for side projects and small teams. Limited customization
- AWS (Most Flexible): EC2 (VMs), ECS/EKS (containers), RDS (managed database), S3 (static files/media), CloudFront (CDN), ElastiCache (Redis). Enterprise scale
- Nginx + Gunicorn: Nginx serves static files and proxies requests to Gunicorn. Gunicorn runs multiple Django worker processes. Standard production Django stack
- Static Files: collectstatic gathers all static files → serve from Nginx, S3/CloudFront CDN, or WhiteNoise middleware. Media files (user uploads) → S3 with django-storages
- SSL/HTTPS: Free certificates with Let's Encrypt (Certbot) — auto-renewal every 90 days. HTTPS required for security, SEO, and modern browser features. Force HTTPS with SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
- Domain & DNS: Point domain to server IP — A record for root domain, CNAME for www. Use CloudFlare for DNS, CDN, and DDoS protection. SSL termination at CloudFlare or Nginx