Enviroment variables to be store in /compose/local/.env # server SECRET_KEY= DEBUG_MODE= DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS= PGDATABASE= PGUSER= PGPASSWORD= PGHOST= REDIS_URL= #Database POSTGRES_USER= POSTGRES_PASSWORD= # client CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING= REACT_APP_BASE_URL= REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY= Create symbolic links for .env and docker-compose.yml run commands from root of project $ ln -sfn ./compose/local/.env .env $ ln -sfn ./compose/local/docker-compose.yml docker-compose.yml To build project $ docker compose up -d --build For Production $ ln -sfn ./compose/production/.env .env $ ln -sfn ./compose/production/docker-compose.yml docker-compose.yml $ ln -sfn ./compose/production/dockerrun.aws.json dockerrun.aws.json