How to serve Django static files in production

Question

My static files work in development but not in production. How do I fix this?

web_developer · Accepted Answer

# Collect static files
python manage.py collectstatic
# settings.py
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'

# Use whitenoise for serving
# pip install whitenoise
MIDDLEWARE = [
    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
    ...
]
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
# Or use Nginx
location /static/ {
    alias /path/to/staticfiles/;
}

How to serve Django static files in production

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