Django Static Media Error

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Hello, I'm deploying my first django app, so please bear with me :)

I am encountering a 404 error (NGINX) when attempting to serve static media from within my app.

Per these instructions: http://docs.webfaction.com/software/django/config.html#serving-django-static-media

Here is my settings.py:

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STATIC_ROOT = 'home/austinrivas/webapps/static_media/'

STATIC_URL = 'http://austinrivas.webfactional.com/static/'

ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = 'http://austinrivas.webfactional.com/static/admin/'
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I then executed python2.7 manage.py collectstatic

Now blog->myproject contains a dircetory called 'home' which appears to be an exact duplicate of my file structure leading up to the static files ( which I suppose is the expected result )

Obviously I receive 404 errors when attempting to retrieve any static files.

I think a symlink might do the trick, but I am hesitant to employ that because it shoots all of my attempts to decouple this application right in the foot.

Any help would be appreciated, Austin

Accepted Answer

The problem is that you used:

STATIC_ROOT = 'home/austinrivas/webapps/static_media/'

instead of

STATIC_ROOT = '/home/austinrivas/webapps/static_media/'

The first one is a relative path, which explains why the manage.py collectstatic command created a new "home" directory in the current directory with a new filepath leading up to your static files. That's not normal.

Instead, just delete that "home" directory, fix STATIC_ROOT, and then run python2.7 manage.py collectstatic again. This time your static files should be placed in the correct location, which is /home/austinrivas/webapps/static_media/ .

Hope that helps!

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