How to Deploy and Host Django in India: Gunicorn, Nginx & VPS Sizing

Django 5.2 LTS supports Python 3.10 to 3.14, while Django 6.0 and 6.1 need Python 3.12 or newer. Check the server's Python before choosing the Django release, because the operating system usually decides it.

Django 4.2 LTS lost security support on 7 April 2026, so a project still on it should move to 5.2 LTS. The next LTS, 6.2, is due in April 2027; after it Django switches to year-numbered releases starting with Django 2028.

Create a virtual environment, install requirements, migrate, collect static files, run Gunicorn under systemd and put Nginx in front. Each step has an output you can check, so a failure shows up where it happens.

1. Connect over SSH (see generating an SSH key on Ubuntu) and run python3 --version.
2. Clone the project into /var/www/myproject, then run python3 -m venv venv and source venv/bin/activate.
3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt gunicorn, then python manage.py migrate.
4. Put SECRET_KEY, DEBUG=False, ALLOWED_HOSTS and database credentials in an environment file outside the repository, such as /etc/myproject.env.
5. Run python manage.py collectstatic.
6. Create the systemd unit and Nginx site below, then issue SSL with Certbot for Nginx.
7. Run python manage.py check --deploy and fix each warning it prints.

# /etc/systemd/system/gunicorn-myproject.service
[Unit]
Description=Gunicorn for myproject
After=network.target

[Service]
User=deploy
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/myproject
EnvironmentFile=/etc/myproject.env
RuntimeDirectory=gunicorn
ExecStart=/var/www/myproject/venv/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind unix:/run/gunicorn/myproject.sock myproject.wsgi:application

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.in www.example.in;

    location /static/ {
        alias /var/www/myproject/staticfiles/;
    }

    location / {
        include proxy_params;
        proxy_pass http://unix:/run/gunicorn/myproject.sock;
    }
}

Enable both with sudo systemctl enable --now gunicorn-myproject, link the site into sites-enabled, then sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx. RuntimeDirectory lets the non-root user create its socket under /run. The alias path must match STATIC_ROOT.

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