• create an account at render.com
• create Web Service
• plug in public github url
• make sure language is Python 3
• build command:  uv sync --frozen && uv cache prune --ci && uv run manage.py makemigrations && uv run manage.py migrate
• start command: uv run manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:$PORT (this is a dev server, for prod deployments use gunicorn)
• choose Instance type: Free

Configure environment variables

For Django:

• env var: ALLOWED_HOSTS, value: *
• env var CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS: https://*.onrender.com
• don’t forget env vars from .env.local

.env:

ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=https://*.onrender.com

Configure a PostgreSQL database on Render.com

• Create new Postgres DB
• choose Free instance
• copy internal connection URL
• prepend uv add psycopg2-binary && to build command:
  • uv add psycopg2-binary && uv sync --frozen && uv cache prune --ci && uv run manage.py migrate