idea: deploy static files on github pages CDN

[cmawe...@gmail.com]

I had an idea today that I wanted to share, if anyone finds it helpful or has feedback.

./manage.py collectstatic

cd $STATIC_ROOT

rm -rf .git/  # optionally don't keep history

git init .

git add .

git commit -m"static files"

git push -f g...@github.com:username/yourrepo master:gh-pages

then set STATIC_URL = '//username.github.io/yourrepo/'

It works just fine, even on private repositories.

[Alejandro Perez]

I was just thinking about some free place where to put all my static files out of my server..

It would be wonderful if this works in a production server, maybe something with nginx and uwsgi.. Did you try that?

Thanks for this tip!

[Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]]

I'm curious, why would you put your static web app files on Github
Pages? This is not just inconvenient (due to the way it works, lack of
cache control etc), but is also quite a blatant abuse of their
service.

If you're looking for a CDN, why not just put Cloudflare in front of your sites?

Cal

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