python - Django website with sqlite db deployment on heroku

Question

I have been reading at many places that Heroku doesn't support sqlite database. Is there no option to use sqlite? Is there any kind of wrapper or plug-in to be used with sqlite so that it can be deployed in Heroku? Can anyone share resources or guides to do the same end to end?

Answer 1

No, there is no way to do this. An sqlite database is a file on disk, but the filesystem on Heroku is ephemeral and not shared between dynos, so the db would be lost every time you deploy.

But there is no reason to try. Django already abstracts away all the differences between databases for regular usage. Heroku supports a number of Postgres plans for different use cases, including a free hobby tier.