Deploy Django static files with Apache/Gunicorn

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I am using Apache2 with Gunicorn/Django to deploy my app. However my app doesn't display the static files like CSS sheets etc.

I read many topics but I think I need help because I probably missed something...

Setting.py

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost']

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join('static'), )
STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/media/myapp/static/'

Apache2 VHost

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName myapp.fr
    ServerAlias www.myapp.fr myapp.fr

    DocumentRoot /home/django-project/myapp/

    <Proxy *>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>

    ProxyPass / http://localhost:9000/

    ProxyPass /static/ !
    Alias /static/ /var/www/media/myapp/static/

    <Directory /home/django-project/myapp/>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
        Options -Indexes
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

What happens when you make a request for a static file? Do you get a 404 response? — Will Keeling
– Will Keeling, Commented May 31, 2018 at 12:40
Yes indeed. And this is the displayed path : <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/base.css"> — GrandGTO
– GrandGTO, Commented May 31, 2018 at 13:08
Ok, and the file definitely exists in /var/www/media/myapp/static/? — Will Keeling
– Will Keeling, Commented May 31, 2018 at 13:41

Will Keeling · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-31 14:39:41Z

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I think the exclusion for for ProxyPass /static/ ! should come before ProxyPass /

ProxyPass /static/ !
ProxyPass / http://localhost:9000/
Alias /static/ /var/www/media/myapp/static/

Otherwise the static request will be sent to gunicorn, which will return a 404.

The ProxyPass documentation says:

The configured ProxyPass and ProxyPassMatch rules are checked in the order of configuration. The first rule that matches wins.

answered May 31, 2018 at 14:39

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Ali Alavizadeh Over a year ago

I was struggling for 4 days in a row to server static files, this answer helped me to fix it and launch to production, tnx

engstuff · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-05 07:09:38Z

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This is what has worked for me. as mentioned in the answer before. The ! directive will tell apache not to use reverse-proxy for a specific path, and yes, it needs to go before to take priority

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName myprojectsite.se
    ServerAlias myprojectsite.se

    Alias /static/ /static/

    <Directory /static>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ProxyPass /static/ ! #this goes before the reverse proxy to take priority
    ProxyPass / http://myproject:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://myproject:8000/

</VirtualHost>

answered May 5 at 7:09

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