From Zero to Deployment: Dockerizing a Flask + PostgreSQL App on AWS

📰 Dev.to · Tanay Jain

Learn to deploy a Flask + PostgreSQL app on AWS using Docker, from setup to deployment

intermediate Published 29 Mar 2026
Action Steps
  1. Set up a Flask project with PostgreSQL database
  2. Install Docker and create a Dockerfile for the Flask app
  3. Build a Docker image and push it to Docker Hub
  4. Create an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment and configure it for Docker deployment
  5. Deploy the Dockerized app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and developers can benefit from this tutorial to streamline their deployment process on AWS, ensuring efficient and scalable application deployment

Key Insight

💡 Dockerizing a Flask app with PostgreSQL database enables efficient and scalable deployment on AWS

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