Unable to load my static files in Django production environment

Question

I am deploying my Django application to Railway.

I am following this guide, https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/deployment/#how-to-deploy-static-files. The app was deployed successfully but cannot load the static files. I followed some online tutorials on this and it is still not working. What did I miss?

My Railway deploy log:

Not Found: /static/styles/style.css
Not Found: /static/images/logo.svg
Not Found: /static/styles/style.css
Not Found: /static/images/logo.svg
Not Found: /static/images/avatar.svg
Not Found: /static/images/avatar.svg
Not Found: /static/js/script.js
Not Found: /static/js/script.js

settings.py:

DEBUG = False

STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
]

MEDIA_URL = '/images/'

MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'static/images'

how did you configure the nginx/apache/webserver? – Willem Van Onsem May 02 '23 at 17:21 — Willem Van Onsem, May 02 '23 at 17:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '23 at 17:28

It's better to serve the static files through Nginx instead of django.

Do the following steps

Collect static files
```
python manage.py collectstatic
```

Update nginx config to serve the static files

location /static/ {
    root /path/to/staticfiles;
}

It will work like below Browser [request]--> Nginx [static files]

Unable to load my static files in Django production environment

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