# Django

## Overview

The goal of this article is to show you how to deploy a Django application on Clever Cloud.
The application is a very basic one. More information about the application in the[GitHub repo](https://github.com/CleverCloud/django-example).

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## Configure your Django application

Note :

- Select at least a `nano` instance (`pico` doesn't have enough resources for a Django project).
- Connect your Django project to Postgresql version 12+ if you're using django 4.2+ (postgresql 11 is deprecated since this version).

### My application does not exists already

If you want to test easily a Django deployment on Clever Cloud, just clone the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/CleverCloud/django-example) and go the next section.

### My application already exists

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  Do not forget to add the `CC_PYTHON_MODULE` environment variable in any Python project so that we get your required modules.
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### Fine tuning the application

You can find a lot more configuration options such as choosing python version and more on our dedicated [Python documentation](/doc/applications/python).

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### Manage.py tasks

Clever Cloud supports execution of multiple [manage.py](https://docs.djangoproject.com/fr/3.2/ref/django-admin/) tasks.

The tasks are launched after the dependencies from `requirements.txt` have been installed, and before the web server starts.

You can declare the `manage.py` tasks with the environment variable `CC_PYTHON_MANAGE_TASKS="migrate"`.

Values must be separated by a comma:

```bash
CC_PYTHON_MANAGE_TASKS="migrate, assets:precompile"
```

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To access environment variables from your code, just get them from the environment with:

```python
import os
os.getenv("MY_VARIABLE")
```

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