How to implement communication between 2 Render services?

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I’m a novice to full stack development, and I have the following problem:

I have two services, (i) a React frontend and (ii) a Flask backend API with a Postgres DB, that I’d like to switch from AWS ECS to Render. I can find a tutorial for running a React static webpage and a tutorial for running a Django backend with a Postgres DB, but I can’t find a tutorial about how to get multiple Render services to communicate. Can someone please explain or point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi Rylan,

Thanks for reaching out.

A common pattern for what you described would be to have the React frontend as a Static Site and the Flask backend as a Web Service, with a Postgres DB.

The static frontend would then be configured to make calls to the backend API over the public internet, e.g.:
A Static Site on my-static-service.onrender.com, could make calls to my-web-service.onrender.com. Or with the custom domains you require.

However, every app is different and your specific deployment would depend on how the app is implemented. If your React frontend has any server-side rendering, or is served through Flask directly, you would likely run everything on a Web Service.

Hope that helps

Alan

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hey, can I ask why you are willing to switch from AWS ECS to render? Thanks

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My partner (who had all the DevOps experience) and I are no longer working together, so I have to find a quick workaround that won’t consume much of my time. AWS requires too much expertise on the timeline I’m concerned with.

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