Docker builds read from the local ./backend and ./frontend directories inside this repository. Those directories are expected to contain the backend and frontend application source before you build for deployment.

Local structure

The expected deployment layout is:

qlockify-deployment/
  backend/
  frontend/
  nginx/
  postgres/
  docker-compose.yml

Deployment flow

Put your application source into:
- ./backend
- ./frontend
Configure deployment env files:
- ./.env
- ./backend/.env
- ./frontend/.env
From qlockify-deployment, build and start the stack:

docker compose up --build

The backend container runs database migrations and collectstatic on startup, then serves Django with Gunicorn using config.wsgi:application.

SSE Notifications

Notifications now use Server-Sent Events at /api/notifications/stream/.

Nginx disables buffering and cacheing for the SSE endpoint.
The current Gunicorn setup can serve SSE for MVP traffic, but each live stream consumes a worker while connected.
If notification concurrency grows, move the SSE endpoint to an async worker class or a dedicated ASGI process.