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Should I Dockerize my Django app or just make a virtual env?

I developed an accounting software with django which will be only used on the local server of client’s computer. My question is: How do I setup the dependencies on clients computer? Do I install all dependencies individually? Or put my project onto a virtual env and move the virtual env into the clients PC? Or should I dockerize the app?

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    It totally depends on the complexity of your project. Docker could be the best option, but if you have limited dependencies in your project, then virtual environment is enough.

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    Start with what you need.

    local server of client’s computer

    Create a python virtual env and install dependencies there. Ensure that a requirements.txt is created and added to source control on the project.

    pip install -r requirements.txt

    You may want to create a service or systemd unit file to automatically start the server when the system starts up.

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    As others have mentioned, you can use a virtual environment and install requirements from requirements.txt. An easy way to create these is running pip freeze > requirements.txt.

    However, this can still cause issues if the client has a different Python version installed. Dockerizing the app would ensure everything, from Python version to dependencies, will be the same between systems.

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