issue with static files deployement in Prod envirenment (new issu)

[Abulbanat Mosta (Abulila)]

Im getting crazy and very  frustrated about deploying static files of my django app since 1 month- all things are ok except static and media files  which cannot be served by the web server ( i tried apache and nginx)

Firstable- in dev mode my app is ok and the static file are correctly loaded.

switching to prod Env - all my attempts to get over  the issue are unsuccessful.

im using 

 - ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS  

 - Django==3.2.9  

 - gunicorn  (version 22.0.0) as app server  

 - nginx 1.18.0  as reverse proxy -  

 i set up the setting.py and nginx conf with the correct path to static folder as following 

STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
]

STATICFILES_DIRS = []

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/html/bweb/staticfiles'

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = '/var/www/html/bweb/media'

LOCALE_PATHS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale'),
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'core', 'locale'),

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nginx

 location /static/ {
        alias /var/www/html/bweb/staticfiles/;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/static_access.log;
         error_log /var/log/nginx/static_error.log;
        expires 30d;
    }

    location /media/ {
        alias /var/www/html/bweb/media/;
        access_log off;
        expires 30d;
    }

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- i installed & set gunicorn to serv the app 

- i run the collectstatic command witch copied the files into the path i mentioned in settings.py (several times - django detects each time the presence of the files what means that the conf is ok)

-im using debug = false in prod mod 

=>> whats happening 

my app is running in prod mode (gunicorn seems to do the job) but i'm getting 404 errors for all my static files - 

==> Here what i tried 

- i gave permissions to data-www user  over the folder and all its components which are actually present inside with the folder with the correct permissions

- i run the server in a separate port which is unused in the system - with allowed permissions in firewall

-i cleared the cache and tried out several browsers

- i tried to put manually a test file in the folder  and try to access with curl -

the files still dont want to be served  even the test file.

Log files aren't showing any significant error .

all those attempts were tested with apache web server but  i encounter the same issue

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Any one have faced such issue? ubuntu problem ? Django version issue?

I'll be very thankful for help

[ASAMOAH EMMANUEL]

I understand how frustrating this can be. I also faced this same issue for months and this was how I solved it.

  sudo usermod -a -G your_user www-data

  sudo chown -R :www-data /path/to/your/static/folder


Let me know if it is still not solved and I will help you.
Swimmingly,
Simple_genius

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[Abulbanat Mosta (Abulila)]

Thank you a lot  EMMANUEL  for this hint- i'll try and return back to you with insghts

[Abulbanat Mosta (Abulila)]

Hi Emmanuel

i tried the solution you provided , but sadly it doesn't work too- i add the my user and www.data user to the same group (i tried this with sudo in venv and outside venv) igave the permissions required to deal with the files - but no way. its still not working- . i am sure that's a permissions issue but what a kinf of issue is ? any other suggestion

[ASAMOAH EMMANUEL]

Hi,
Sorry to hear this.
Perhaps we can have a private email conversation where we debug this together.
I need to look at your NGinX configurations, static directory, configuration of static assets in settings file etc.
Let me know if you prefer this option.
Swimmingly,
Simple_genius

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