DigitalOcean App-platform: Host Dockerized Django app with Gunicorn on a non-root URL

I recently deployed a dockerized Django app on DigitalOcean app platform alongside a react static site using the app spec file. Because of the static site, I opted to serve Django on a non-root URL (something like https: //mydomain .com/api) and serve the react app on the root URL (https: //mydomain .com).

If I visit the Django URL, Django comes up but throws a "path not found error". None of the routes on my Django app works. The solution doesn't seem to be on google either and I don't know why.

here is what my app.yaml looks like

name: test  region: nyc  services:    - name: backend-api      github:        branch: deployment_app_platform        repo: NdibeRaymond/test        deploy_on_push: true        http_port: 8000      instance_count: 1      instance_size_slug: basic-xxs      source_dir: backend/      dockerfile_path: backend/compose/django/Dockerfile      routes:        - path: /api    static_sites:    - name: frontend      environment_slug: node-js      github:        branch: deployment_app_platform        repo: NdibeRaymond/test        deploy_on_push: true        source_dir: frontend/test/      build_command: npm run build      routes:        - path: /      

gunicorn configuration

exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn test.wsgi --threads=3 --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --chdir /backend/test    

root URL file

urlpatterns = [      path('admin/', admin.site.urls),      path('api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls')),      path('summernote/', include('django_summernote.urls')),      path('', include('APIS.urls')),  ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)    

I also tried

urlpatterns = [      path('api/admin/', admin.site.urls),      path('api/api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls')),      path('api/summernote/', include('django_summernote.urls')),      path('api/', include('APIS.urls')),  ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)    

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67249095/digitalocean-app-platform-host-dockerized-django-app-with-gunicorn-on-a-non-roo April 25, 2021 at 10:04AM