Django Gunicorn not load static files

Question

i\'m trying to deploy my django project with gunicorn and nginx, but i need some help. when i code gunicorn myproject.wsgi:application I manage to see my website in the loca

Answer 1

Gunicorn will only serve the dynamic content, i.e. the Django files. So you need to setup a proxy server such as nginx to handle the static content (your CSS files). I assume you are starting Gunicorn the right way, so you just need to configure nginx to serve the static files. You can use a configuration like the following, where you just need to change the path to your static files:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;

    location / {
        root   html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
    }
    location /static {
        autoindex on;
        alias /path/to/staticfiles;
    }

    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root   html;
    }
}

Even if this configuration is setup, you have to call "./manage.py collectstatic" to make your css work