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Deployment overview

Trak is a standard Django app. You can deploy it on:

  • A VM (e.g. Ubuntu + systemd + nginx)
  • A PaaS (e.g. Render/Heroku/Fly)
  • Containers (Docker on ECS, Kubernetes, Cloud Run, etc.)

This repo ships Dockerfiles and a compose.yml, so container-based deployments are the most straightforward starting point.

Google Cloud Run

There are Makefile targets for a basic Cloud Run flow:

make gcp-build
make gcp-push
make gcp-deploy

These targets expect env vars like IMAGE_URL, REGION, DATABASE_ADDRESS, REDIS_NETWORK, and SERVICE_ACCOUNT. See the Makefile for the full list and adjust to match your GCP setup.

If you are using Cloud Run, review trak/main/settings/prod.py for required environment variables.

See the org-wide standards at Deployment standards.