The default CSS of Django admin section is not loading

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Folks, the default CSS of my Django admin section is not loading (setup uses nginx reverse proxy + gunicorn, OS is the Debian-based Ubuntu).

The following is part of etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject:

location /static/admin {

        alias /home/mhb11/.virtualenvs/myenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/static/;
    }

That, btw, points to the correct location of django admin's css files, and is written below location /static/ {} snippet (not shown here).

Note that I have tried the root directive instead of alias too, to no avail. Also note that this error pertains solely to django admin static files. The project related static files are working perfectly. Also note that my settings.py file includes 'django.contrib.staticfiles', in INSTALLED_APPS and STATIC_URL = '/static/'.

What am I missing? Please ask for more information in case it is needed.

Hey Daniel. I have STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'), ) in settings.py, if that's what you're implying. So you mean to say I should run python manage.py collectstatic? — Hassan Baig
– Hassan Baig, Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 20:35
Yes, that he meant, but for the command you have to specify the static_root (must be different unlike staticfiles_dirs, most common place is e.g. /var/www/your_domain/static/). — Yaaaaaaaaaaay
– Yaaaaaaaaaaay, Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 20:59

Richard Smith · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-17 09:46:29Z

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It may not be significant, but for consistency, your location path and alias path should both end with a / or neither end with a /.

With your current configuration, the server is constructing path names with an embedded //, like /home/mhb11/.virtualenvs/myenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/static//somefile.css.

Try:

location /static/admin/ {
    alias /home/mhb11/.virtualenvs/myenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/static/;
}

answered Jan 17, 2016 at 9:46

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Hassan Baig Over a year ago

Thanks Richard. Let me get back to you on whether this alleviated my problem.

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