Production Deployment in Python
From the Django cheat sheet · Deployment · verified Jul 2026
Production Deployment
Deploy with gunicorn and nginx
python
# Collect static files
python manage.py collectstatic
# Gunicorn
gunicorn myproject.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
# Docker
FROM python:3.11
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["gunicorn", "myproject.wsgi", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000"]💡 Use environment variables for secrets
📌 Always collectstatic before deploy
⚡ Use CDN for static files
🟢 Enable caching with Redis