Deploying a Django App on a VPS with Docker, Prometheus, and Grafana

If you’ve ever deployed a Django app to a VPS and thought “there has to be a better way,” you’re right. Docker makes the whole thing reproducible, and throwing in Prometheus and Grafana means you actually know what’s happening on your server after you deploy. This guide walks through the full process: updating a fresh Ubuntu VPS, installing Docker, setting up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and deploying a Django app from GitHub. All containerized, all behind Nginx with SSL. ...

March 10, 2026 · 7 min · Chris Achinga

Deploying A React app on GitHub Pages

GitHub offers more than just a host for your code. In this short tutorial, I will walk you through deploying a static react app/project on GitHub Pages. I will be using one of my React projects from GitHub: %[https://github.com/achingachris/myRepos] A programmer’s learning tool is by practicing –I said that… Let’s Get Started: This tutorial assumes you already have your react project setup and ready to deploy Step 1: Install the Dependencies (gh-pages): I use npm for my projects, so while in your project root directory, open the project on your terminal or cmd (windows). ...

June 9, 2024 · 1 min · Chris Achinga

Deploying A Django Project on PythonAnywhere

Deploying a Django project on PythonAnywhere lets you make your web application accessible online. With PythonAnywhere, you can create a web app, configure it with a WSGI file, and host your Django project seamlessly. Prerequisites: Pythonanywhere Account An existing Django project is ready for deployment. GitHub (Code Repo) Basic Familiarity with Django and the command line interface For demo purposes, please refer to the following project: It’s a voting app from the official Django Tutorial ...

May 23, 2023 · 4 min · Chris Achinga

Deploying NextJS on Netlify - Starter Template

Deploying NextJS to production By default, NextJS applications are easily deployable on Vercel with zero configurations. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore what other platforms have to offer. To deploy a NextJS application, simply follow the steps below. If you want to start straight up without the hustle, use the button below: Create a Netlify Account On your browser, go to https://app.netlify.com/signup to create your Netlify account. ...

February 5, 2022 · 2 min · Chris Achinga