u/androgynyjoe

Hi everyone! I've deployed manually before, but I would like to try to automate it. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the directions of instructions for the simplest version of "make a commit -> ... -> deployment server gets updated".

I know that this is something that I can Google, and I have, but my frustrations are that (1) it is difficult to tell if advice is appropriate for Django and up-to-date and (2) it seems that a lot of the most popular advice is aimed at paid services. I'm willing (and expecting) to pay, but I would like to feel more confident that I'm on the right track before I pull the trigger on that.

Here are some details:

• It is a very small project and I expect almost no users. It is a hyper-specific tool for displaying project info to clients.
• I am not tied to any specific server service.
• I'd like to keep costs under $20/month, but I would consider going up to like $50/month. Hopefully that is reasonable.
• I am not currently tied to a specific database; any is fine.
• My stack is really just Django, Bootstrap, and a dream.

Thanks in advance for your help!