Nginx and CSS Issue

Question

I've set up a local Nginx server with uwsgi for a python website with the following config

server {
    root /var/www/localhost/current;
    index index.html index.htm;
    server_name localhost;

    location /static {
        alias /var/www/localhost/current/static;
    }

    location / {
        include uwsgi_params;
        uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/localhost.sock;
        uwsgi_param UWSGI_PYHOME /var/www/localhost;
        uwsgi_param UWSGI_CHDIR /var/www/localhost/current;
        uwsgi_param UWSGI_MODULE wsgi;
        uwsgi_param UWSGI_CALLABLE application;
    }

    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
       root /usr/share/nginx/www;
    }
}

uwsgi config:

[uwsgi]
plugins=python
vhost=true
socket=/tmp/localhost.sock

When I make changes to my CSS file which is located in the /static folder I get the following when I visit it in a browser:

Bad CSS File

This is what the CSS should look like:

body {
    background-color: #002b36;
    position: relative;
    padding-top: 50px;
    color: #93a1a1;
}

If I remove color: #93a1a1; I don't get the \u0 character. Any idea's on what this could be?

I know this is silly, but have you tried to delete it and type it without pasting it ? — Mohammad AbuShady
– Mohammad AbuShady, Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 7:58
@MohammadAbuShady not silly at all and I have, it was the first thing I did. — Nalum
– Nalum, Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 7:59
the issue looks like it's after } did you try to like mark every thing after it and delete it ? — Mohammad AbuShady
– Mohammad AbuShady, Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 8:04
The CSS file contains only the CSS above and a newline at the end of the file. There is nothing else in it. Might it be a character encoding issue? — Nalum
– Nalum, Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 8:07

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:13:44Z

2

Didn't mention above but probably should have. The server is running in VirtualBox.

Thanks to this question on serverfault I've added sendfile off; to the /static configuration which has fixed the issue.

location /static {
    alias /var/www/localhost/current/static;
    sendfile off;
}

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:13

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answered Oct 7, 2013 at 8:24

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6 Comments

Mohammad AbuShady Over a year ago

well this kinda raises a question, without this sendfile what is the detected content-type for the css file on the browser?

Nalum Over a year ago

The content-type without sendfile in the config was text/css and with it is also text/css.

Mohammad AbuShady Over a year ago

i mean in the browser, like in firebug or some inspector

Nalum Over a year ago

That is what I was referring to.

Tom Over a year ago

Thanks for this, was getting the same issue with javascript files.

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