Add a Custom Domain Name | Django Deployment Series #2

In this video, we add a custom domain name to a Django REST API deployed on a Linux VPS. You’ll learn: - What a domain name actually is (in simple terms) - How DNS works and how to point a domain to a DigitalOcean droplet - How to configure Nginx to respond to a domain instead of an IP address - Why adding a domain is required before enabling HTTPS This is Episode #2 of the Django Deployment Series. ➡️ Episode #1: Deploy Django REST API on a Linux VPS (Nginx, Gunicorn & PostgreSQL) ➡️ Episode #3: Adding HTTPS (SSL) with Let’s Encrypt 🧑‍💻 Source Code: https://github.com/CodeWithClinton/deploy-practice-ii Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Getting a custom domain name 00:01:51 – Configuring DNS records on Namecheap 00:04:59 – Updating the Nginx server configuration 00:08:37 – Adding the domain to Django ALLOWED_HOSTS 00:09:47 – Restarting Nginx and Gunicorn 00:11:11 – Testing the domain setup 00:12:00 – Final notes 00:14:10 – End