cannot server static files with nginx in django

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I am running a django with nginx as a web server. After configuration its seems that I am always getting 404 for static files. Here is my configurtaion

base.py

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "static")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static_files'),
]

nginx.conf

    upstream django {
        server unix:///tmp/mysite.sock;
    }


    # configuration of the server
    server {
        listen  5000;
        server_name server localhost:5000;  address or FQDN
        charset     utf-8;
        client_max_body_size 75M;   

      location /static {
        alias /Users/del/projects/app-backend/static/; 
      }

      location ~ ^/(images|javascript|js|css|flash|media|static)/  {
        autoindex on;
        root /Users/del/projects/app-backend/static/; 
      }

      location / {
        uwsgi_pass  django;
        include     /Users/del/perso/django/library/uwsgi;

       } 
    }

I have made sure to run python manage.py collectstatic, and the files are actually generated under /static/ folder

did you used collectstatic?

Exprator
– Exprator

2017-06-30 16:00:50 +00:00
Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 16:00 — Exprator
– Exprator, Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 16:00
yes, i did and i have already written that in my question.

anyavacy
– anyavacy

2017-07-03 13:04:42 +00:00
Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 13:04 — anyavacy
– anyavacy, Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 13:04

user1600649 · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-30 16:20:12Z

You seem to have guessed what should work for nginx, but don't understand how alias and root work:

root sets the parent directory for the location. A physical directory with the same name must exist in the parent directory:

root    /var/www
directory     |----- /static
file                    |----- image.jpg

location /static with root /var/www will now serve files from /var/www/static. The URL http://example.com/static/image.jpg will serve /var/www/static/image.jpg.

Same structure, but location /s with alias /var/www/static will now serve files from /var/www/static. The URL http://example.com/s/image.jpg will serve /var/www/static/image.jpg.

So your simple config would be:

server {
    root /var/www; # Set root at server level

    location /static {
        expires max;
    }

    location / {
        uwsgi_pass django;
    }
 }

I don't know what you need the regex for. If you use Django's static tag in your templates consistently, there is no need to match "/images" and so forth.

And finally, since static is in the regex and regex patterns have priority over string matches, all your references to /static/ in the URL are being looked for in app-backend/static/static.

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