@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ But don't worry, you can just update any of that in the `.env` files afterwards.
The input variables, with their default values (some auto generated) are:
The input variables, with their default values (some auto generated) are:
- `domain`: (default: `"localhost"`) Which domain name to use for the project, by default, localhost, but you should change it later (in .env).
- `project_name`: (default: `"FastAPI Project"`) The name of the project, shown to API users (in .env).
- `project_name`: (default: `"FastAPI Project"`) The name of the project, shown to API users (in .env).
- `stack_name`: (default: `"fastapi-project"`) The name of the stack used for Docker Compose labels (no spaces) (in .env).
- `stack_name`: (default: `"fastapi-project"`) The name of the stack used for Docker Compose labels (no spaces) (in .env).
- `secret_key`: (default: `"changethis"`) The secret key for the project, used for security, stored in .env, you can generate one with the method above.
- `secret_key`: (default: `"changethis"`) The secret key for the project, used for security, stored in .env, you can generate one with the method above.
You can deploy the project using Docker Compose in a remote server.
You can deploy the project using Docker Compose to a remote server.
It expects you to have a Traefik proxy handling communication to the outside world and HTTPS certificates.
This project expects you to have a Traefik proxy handling communication to the outside world and HTTPS certificates.
And you can use CI (continuous integration) systems to deploy automatically.
You can use CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous deployment) systems to deploy automatically, there are already configurations to do it with GitHub Actions.
But you have to configure a couple things first.
But you have to configure a couple things first. 🤓
We need a Traefik proxy to handle incoming connections and HTTPS certificates.
We need a Traefik proxy to handle incoming connections and HTTPS certificates.
You need to do these next steps only once.
### Traefik Docker Compose
### Traefik Docker Compose
Copy the Traefik Docker Compose file to your server, to your code directory. You could do it with `rsync`:
Copy the Traefik Docker Compose file to your server, to your code directory. You could do it with `rsync`:
@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ rsync -a docker-compose.traefik.yml root@your-server.example.com:/root/code/fast
This Traefik will expect a Docker "public network" named `traefik-public` to communicate with your stack(s).
This Traefik will expect a Docker "public network" named `traefik-public` to communicate with your stack(s).
This way, there will be a single public Traefik proxy that handles the communication (HTTP and HTTPS) with the outside world, and then behind that, you could have one or more stacks.
This way, there will be a single public Traefik proxy that handles the communication (HTTP and HTTPS) with the outside world, and then behind that, you could have one or more stacks with different domains, even if they are on the same single server.
To create a Docker "public network" named `traefik-public` run:
To create a Docker "public network" named `traefik-public` run:
**Note**: you need to set a different email, an email `@example.com` won't work.
### Start the Traefik Docker Compose
### Start the Traefik Docker Compose
Now with the environment variables set and the `docker-compose.traefik.yml` in place, you can start the Traefik Docker Compose:
Now with the environment variables set and the `docker-compose.traefik.yml` in place, you can start the Traefik Docker Compose:
@ -91,34 +93,161 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.traefik.yml up -d
Now that you have Traefik in place you can deploy your FastAPI project with Docker Compose.
Now that you have Traefik in place you can deploy your FastAPI project with Docker Compose.
You could configure the variables in the `.env` file to match your domain, or you could override them before running the `docker compose` command.
## Environment Variables
You need to set some environment variables first.
Set the `ENVIRONMENT`, by default `local` (for development), but when deploying to a server you would put something like `staging` or `production`:
```bash
export ENVIRONMENT=production
```
For example:
Set the `DOMAIN`, by default `localhost` (for development), but when deploying you would use your own domain, for example:
```bash
```bash
export DOMAIN=fastapi-project.example.com
export DOMAIN=fastapi-project.example.com
```
```
And then deploy with Docker Compose:
You can set several variables, like:
* `ENVIRONMENT`: The current deployment environment, like `staging` or `production`.
* `DOMAIN`: The current deployment domain, for example `fastapi-project.example.com`.
* `BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS`: A list of allowed CORS origins separated by commas.
* `SECRET_KEY`: The secret key for the FastAPI project, used to sign tokens.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER`: The email of the first superuser, this superuser will be the one that can create new users.
* `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The password of the first superuser.
* `USERS_OPEN_REGISTRATION`: Whether to allow open registration of new users.
* `SMTP_HOST`: The SMTP server host to send emails, this would come from your email provider (E.g. Mailgun, Sparkpost, Sendgrid, etc).
* `SMTP_USER`: The SMTP server user to send emails.
* `SMTP_PASSWORD`: The SMTP server password to send emails.
* `EMAILS_FROM_EMAIL`: The email account to send emails from.
* `POSTGRES_SERVER`: The hostname of the PostgreSQL server. You can leave the default of `db`, provided by the same Docker Compose. You normally wouldn't need to change this unless you are using a third-party provider.
* `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`: The Postgres password.
* `POSTGRES_USER`: The Postgres user, you can leave the default.
* `POSTGRES_DB`: The database name to use for this application. You can leave the default of `app`.
* `PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL`: The default email for pgAdmin.
* `PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD`: The default password for pgAdmin.
* `SENTRY_DSN`: The DSN for Sentry, if you are using it.
* `FLOWER_BASIC_AUTH`: The HTTP Basic Auth for Flower.
### Deploy with Docker Compose
With the environment variables in place, you can deploy with Docker Compose:
```bash
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
```
```
For production you wouldn't want to have the overrides in `docker-compose.override.yml`, so you would need to explicitly specify the file to use, `docker-compose.yml`.
For production you wouldn't want to have the overrides in `docker-compose.override.yml`, that's why we explicitly specify `docker-compose.yml` as the file to use.
## Continuous Deployment (CD)
You can use GitHub Actions to deploy your project automatically. 😎
You can have multiple environment deployments.
There are already two environments configured, `staging` and `production`. 🚀
### Install GitHub Actions Runner
* On your remote server, if you are running as the `root` user, create a user for your GitHub Actions:
```bash
adduser github
```
* Add Docker permissions to the `github` user:
```bash
usermod -aG docker github
```
* Temporarily switch to the `github` user:
```bash
su - github
```
* Go to the `github` user's home directory:
```bash
cd
```
* [Install a GitHub Action self-hosted runner following the official guide](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/adding-self-hosted-runners#adding-a-self-hosted-runner-to-a-repository).
* When asked about labels, add a label for the environment, e.g. `production`.
After installing, the guide would tell you to run a command to start the runner. Nevertheless, it would stop once you terminate that process or if your local connection to your server is lost.
To make sure it runs on startup and continues running, you can install it as a service. To do that, exit the `github` user and go back to the `root` user:
```bash
exit
```
After you do it, you would be on the `root` user again. And you will be on the previous directory, belonging to the `root` user.
* Go to the `actions-runner` directory inside of the `github` user's home directory:
```bash
cd /home/github/actions-runner
```
* From there, [install the GitHub Actions runner service following the official guide](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/configuring-the-self-hosted-runner-application-as-a-service#installing-the-service):
```bash
./svc.sh install github
```
* Start the service:
```bash
./svc.sh start
```
### Set Secrets
On your repository, configure secrets for the environment variables you need, the same ones described above, including `DOMAIN`, `SECRET_KEY`, etc. Follow the [official GitHub guide for setting repository secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/using-secrets-in-github-actions#creating-secrets-for-a-repository).
## GitHub Action Deployment Workflows
There are GitHub Action workflows in the `.github/workflows` directory already configured for deploying to the environments (GitHub Actions runners with the labels):
* `staging`: after pushing (or merging) to the branch `master`.
* `production`: after publishing a release.
If you need to add extra environments you could use those as starting point.
## URLs
## URLs
Replace `fastapi-project.example.com` with your domain:
Replace `fastapi-project.example.com` with your domain.