Setting Up django

djangosetup

NB: No need to assign STATICFILE_DIRS before commanding collectstatic




1. create project using django-admin.py startproject project
2. /project
    pip install gunicorn

3. gunicorn project.wsgi:application #this is for dev and the server dies once you break
4. gunicorn test_project.wsgi:application --daemon #for production and gunicorn runs in background
5. sudo apt-get install nginx
6. STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'staticfiles/') #"staticfile" folder location in the root i.e. /project/staticfile
7. python manage.py collectstatic #this will create the folder staticfile in root and will add all the static files in this dir
8. cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
9. sudo nano default

events{}
http{
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name 184.73.125.200;

    location /static {
        alias  /home/path/to/project/staticfiles;  # if my static path is /home/$  eg:  /home/ashish/qpcm/staticfiles;
                                            # write this here /home/ubuntu/web$
        autoindex on;
        }

    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $http_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forward-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_redirect off;
        if (!-f $request_filename) {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000; #url of your django server
            break;
        }
    }
}

}

10. In settings.py

STATIC_ROOT is the location of your staticfiles
STATIC_URL is url of static directory eg: '/static/' for local and 'xyz.com/static' for prod
STATICFILES_DIRS is the location of your staticfiles

STATIC_ROOT = '/home/ubuntu/qpcm/staticfiles/'
STATIC_URL = 'http://54.169.41.175/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
        '/home/ubuntu/qpcm/staticfiles/',
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)

11. restart nginx and start gunicorn in daemon! :D

Thanx Ashish :D