1. in project root create a Dockerfile
  2. Make sure docker-compose is installed
  3. Add a docker-compose.yml file to the django project root
version: '3.7'

services:
  web:
    build: ./app
    command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
    volumes:
      - ./app/:/usr/src/app/
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
    env_file:
      - ./.env.dev

4. Build it

docker-compose build

5. Run it. -d for detached, but better to see the console output for troubleshooting.

docker-compose up -d

6. View console output (in real time w/ -f tag) if you chose to run in detached mode

docker-compose logs -f