Why does DEBUG=False setting make my django Static Files Access fail?

Question

Am building an app using Django as my workhorse. All has been well so far - specified db settings, configured static directories, urls, views etc. But trouble started sneaki

Answer 1

You actually can serve static files in a production Django app, securely and without DEBUG=True.

Rather than using Django itself, use dj_static in your WSGI file (github):

# requirements.txt:

...
dj-static==0.0.6


# YOURAPP/settings.py:

...
STATIC_ROOT = 'staticdir'
STATIC_URL = '/staticpath/'

# YOURAPP/wsgi.py:

...
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from dj_static import Cling

application = Cling(get_wsgi_application())