Mentoreed

How to run

• Clone the repository
• Make sure you have docker compose and make installed
• Inside the root folder:

docker compose -f local.yml build
docker compose -f local.yml up

Application Stack

Backend

• Django & Django REST Framework: Web framework and API layer.
• PostgreSQL: Relational database for persistent data storage.
• Redis: In-memory data store for caching and task brokering.
• Celery & Flower: Distributed task queue and real-time task monitoring.

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Docker: Containerization for development and deployment.
• Nginx: Reverse proxy and static file server.
• Portainer: Container management.
• DigitalOcean: Cloud hosting and infrastructure provider.

Roadmap

• Observability: Integrated metrics and logging for better visibility.
• Stack Tracing: Improved error monitoring and debugging.
• CI/CD: Automated testing, deployments, and migration health checks.

Current architecture

flowchart TD
  users["End Users (Web/API Clients)"]

  subgraph DO["DigitalOcean (Cloud)"]
    direction TB
    nginx["Nginx (Reverse Proxy)"]
    portainer["Portainer (Docker Admin UI)"]
    flower["Flower (Task Monitoring)"]
    celery["Celery Worker (Task Queue)"]
    django["Django + DRF (Web API/App)"]
    postgres["PostgreSQL (Database)"]
    redis["Redis (Cache & Broker)"]
    elastic["Elasticsearch (Search/Logs)"]
  end

  %% User traffic
  users --> nginx
  nginx --> django

  %% Nginx HTTPS exposes for admin/monitoring
  nginx -. "HTTPS" .-> flower
  nginx -. "HTTPS" .-> portainer

  %% Internal service flows
  django --> postgres
  django --> redis
  django --> elastic
  redis --> celery
  celery --> postgres
  flower --> celery

  %% Orchestration (dashed line)
  Docker-compose -.-> DO

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