This is a brief explanation of how to wrap the project folder(generated by django startproject) with our docker template folder.

1. After you start your project by following the Django official tutorial like:

   django-admin startproject firsthomework #firsthomework is whatever you name your project

   You will get a brand new directory named "firsthomework". You basically need to move everything out of that directory. The correct project layout should be:

   docker-deploy
      |—docker-compose.yml
      |—nginx
      |     |—config
      |            |—web-app.conf
      |—web-app
            |—Dockerfile
            |—requirements.txt
            |—runserver.sh
            |—initserver.sh
            |—startserver.sh
            |—manage.py
            |—firsthomework
                  |—urls.py
                  |—settings.py
                  |—other stuff..
            |....all your other directories for the project... (basically it will be the app directory once you create the app)`
   

2. To use docker, you must change the permission of the “runserver.sh” script in the "web-app" directory. To do this, go to the "web-app" directory and type this command:

   chmod o+x runserver.sh