static files and DEBUG = False

[Egon.F...@gmx.de]

Hi,

settings.py contains ALLOWED_HOSTS with the host in the form ".example.com". With DEBUG = True I get the complete page. But if I set DEBUG = False the static files are not found so I get only the content.

If DEBUG = True  the apache access log the static files are shown with HTTP-code 200. If DEBUG = False Apache is looking for the static files two times. The first try gives  status code 301, the second try gives  status code 500.

Any idea why this happens?

Egon

[Florian Schweikert]

On 21/04/15 23:49, Egon.F...@gmx.de wrote:
> settings.py contains ALLOWED_HOSTS with the host in the form
> ".example.com". With DEBUG = True I get the complete page. But if I set
> DEBUG = False the static files are not found so I get only the content.

Django does not serve static files if DEBUG=False, and you really don't
want to do that.

> If DEBUG = True the apache access log the static files are shown with
> HTTP-code 200. If DEBUG = False Apache is looking for the static files
> two times. The first try gives status code 301, the second try gives
> status code 500.
>
> Any idea why this happens?

It's a bad idea to serve statics with Django.
It's ok for debugging, but not for production.
If you already use apache serve static files with Apache directly.

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Florian