Nginx doesn't serve static

Question

I\'m running Django on Ubuntu Server 9.04.

Django works well, but nginx doesn\'t return static files - always 404.

Here\'s the config:

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Answer 1

I have a similar config for my Django sites, but I think you want to use alias instead of root for your media. For example:

location /static {
    alias /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/static_files;
}

Answer 2

How is your directory setup? Do you have a folder static in /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/static_files? In that case, the directive should look like this (note the trailing slash in /static/):

location /static/  {
    autoindex    on;
    root /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/static_files;
}

If you want to map the path /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/static_files to the URL /static/, you have to either

• rename the folder static_files to static and use this directive:

  location /static/  {
      autoindex    on;
      root /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/;
  }
  

• use an alias:

  location /static/  {
      autoindex    on;
      alias /home/user/www/oil/oil_database/static_files/;
  }
  

See the documentation on the root and alias directives.