Django: collectstatic works but doesnt find the correct static folder

Question

I'm trying to run my django site in deployment mode with DEBUG=False. In fact when i do a python manage.py collectstatic it will collect all static files into my folder /mysite/static. But when i load my homepage my static files wont load Not Found occurs.

My Django version is 1.10.4 Here is my STATIC ROOT definition and urls folder:

In settings.py:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static") (i tried also just only 'static')

MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR + '/mysite/media'

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

my urls.py:

urlpatterns = [   
    url(r'', include('mysite.urls')),
]

urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

I notice that is not assuming my collectstatic folder instead is considering the static file in app folder.

doing python manage.py findstatic mysite/js/javascript.js

Found 'app/js/javascript.js' here:
/home/user/mysite/app/static/app/js/javascript.js

Well, once that DEBUG=False it should give something like:

 /home/user/mysite/static/app/js/javascript.js

Answer 1

At production server, your nginx or apache should serve the static files. When Debug = False, django stops serving the static files. Please share your nginx settings, I can help you out there...

For more info, check this link

Answer 2

Depending on your production setup, you may have to set up your Apache or nginx config file to point to static content. For example, in nginx, you can add a "location /static/ {...}" entry, eg. something like this:

server {
    server_name mysite.com;
    listen 443;
    listen [::]:443;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/cert.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/private.key;
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location /static/ {
        allow all;
        alias /your/base/dir/here/.../mysite/static/;
    }
    location / {
        ...
    }
}